Lost sequence from Raiders of the Lost Ark

A sequence very similar to the opening of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was originally planned for Raiders of the Lost Ark (right before Indy goes to Nepal to find Marion) - but was cut from Lawrence Kasdan's script due to budget and schedule concerns, and hence never filmed. However, "a search through the Lucasfilm Archives has yielded a series of storyboards for the planned story arc, deviating slightly from the scripted version which fans have endlessly analyzed for years."


You can find the relevant excerpt of Kasdan's August 1979 draft here, see a slideshow of the 90 storyboards here, and read about how elements of the sequence were incorporated into Temple of Doom here.