New Indiana Jones Movie Filmed On Yale Campus; Nonchalantly Shoots Taliban Swordsman

I made the second part up. A Yalie acquaintance of mine who knows how I love Indiana Jones sent this along and it still looks pretty cool. It is a nice campus, and apprently there are chase scenes being filmed all around it: A full day of filming revealed that Indiana Jones will likely open with a chase scene involving a motorcycle. But you can tell it's an imaginary movie college and not really Yale because...well, one detail here gives it away:

The chase appears to begin following an anti-Communist protest on Old Campus, and makes its way around Elm, College and High streets.

As part of the chase set, Commons -- which has been kept off-limits to passers-by -- was turned secretively into an enormous library, complete with bookshelves and lamps and a new floor so that vehicles can pass through without damaging the room. Painters created two large murals on either wall to further solidify the ambiance.

But before he arrives in Commons, Indy takes his motorcycle through the doors of Sterling Memorial Library, which will serve as the Marshall College library facade. The stunt required the crew to construct an 80-foot-long tunnel to protect Sterling's materials from motorcycle fumes, Fantasia said.

Other than getting the politics wrong, though, they've apparently done a convincing job of the makeover. I love this detail of an alum wandering past a fake Woolworth's storefront:

”I remember this place!” one man exclaimed as he leaned in to peer at the 1957-era toys displayed in ‘F.W. Woolworth.’ His voice grew quieter. He then gazed south on Chapel Street, pointed and reminisced.

“But it was more down that way,” he said.