"Tangiers, July 1909"

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TELEVISION EPISODE
"Tangiers, July 1909"
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"Tangiers, July 1909" was an unproduced episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles intended for its third season. The subject of the episode would have been slavery, with the theme being "Are We Animals?"

In the episode, while on a trip to visit the Sultan of Morocco so that Henry Walton Jones, Senior may give a presentation, the Jones family stops at the home of Emily Keene Wazan. There, Indy meets a slave boy named Omar owned by Wazan, who accompanies them on the journey to Fez guided by journalist Walter Harris. Indy would have begun to learn about slavery and was to discuss it with his parents before Indy and his new friend would sneak off on an adventure in Fez where they were kidnapped by slave traders. Harris disguises himself as an Arab to track them down and locates them at a Marrakesh slave auction where he buys them back. When the family is reunited, Indy realizes that while he may be free, Omar continues to be a slave.

While the material was filmed, the TV show's cancellation meant that it didn't see broadcast until it was adapted and later edited together with the "Egypt, May 1908" segment of Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal to form the The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones story My First Adventure. The re-edit moved the Tangier story into 1908.

The teleplay for the episode indicates that the framing bookends involved the elderly Indiana Jones being present at a beauty pageant/talent show. His story, which reveals that Omar eventually gained his freedom when Morocco abolished slavery and the boys maintained their friendship, inspires one of the contestants to follow her own passions rather than continuing to be pressured by her overbearing mother.

Synopsis

From 2008 StarWars.com article "The Lost Chronicles of Young Indiana Jones" by Pablo Hidalgo:

Episode #34 "Tangiers, July 1909"

Indy's Age: 10

Subject: Slavery

Character: Walter Harris; Emily Keene Wazan

Theme: Are We Animals?

Synopsis: On a trip to visit the Sultan of Morocco so that Indy's father may give a presentation, the family is at the home of Emily Keene Wazan. Indy meets a slave boy (Omar) owned by her, who accompanies them on the journey to Fez. Their guide is Walter Harris, who resides there. Indy begins to learn about slavery and has a discussion with his parents about it. When the boys sneak off on an adventure in Fez, they are kidnapped by slave traders. Harris disguises himself as an Arab to try to find them. He locates them at the slave auction in Marrakesh and buys them back. When the family is reuinited, Indy realizes that, while he may be free, Omar must return to slavery.

Note: This episode was actually produced, and is part of My First Adventure found in Volume 1 of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones on DVD.

Appearances

Characters

• Walter Harris
• Jenny
• Anna Mary Jones
• Henry Walton Jones, Senior
• Indiana Jones
• Emily Keene
• Mona
• Omar

Locations

• Morocco
  • Fez
  • Marrakesh
  • Tangier

External links

•  The Lost Chronicles of Young Indiana Jones on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)