1916年，印第安纳·琼斯和他的父亲住在新泽西的普林斯顿。假期快到了，印第所能想到的就是带着他的女朋友南希(《扣人心弦》作者爱德华·斯特拉特梅耶的女儿)去参加舞会。这辆车的外国发动机不可能买到零件，但托马斯·爱迪生实验室的一位教授帮了他一个忙，让他燃起了希望。他的计划被一个神秘的闯入者破坏，电动马达被盗窃，只有Indy和南希才可以解开这个秘密。印第和他的父亲随后前往西南部阿尔伯克基看望家人。印第和他淘气的表弟弗兰克前往新墨西哥州的哥伦布去缝制一些野生的燕麦片，这时小镇突然遭到了潘乔·维拉和他的骑手的袭击。印第扮演英雄，跟随Villistas进入沙漠，很快被俘虏。作为一个16岁的孩子，印第渴望一场精彩的战斗，他被维拉的话所激励……

June 1918. Indiana Jones is working to get Austrian deserters safely to the allies side in the Italian Alps. In his spare time, he is wooing an Italian beauty named Guiletta. When he finds out another man is vying for her attention, Indy and his new pal, ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway make plans to crush Indiana's competitor by smothering Guiletta with presents and compliments. Afterwards, Indiana is begrudgingly ordered to Casablanca to find a traitor who is selling arms to the Berber rebels. Traveling incognito, he is joined by American novelist Edith Wharton and journalist Lowell Thomas. Indy and Edith soon find themselves attracted to each other despite their age difference.

1918年，印第安纳琼斯在土耳其执行间谍任务，揭露一个名为wolf的双面特工。

On safari in British East Africa in September 1910, ten year old Indiana Jones befriends a Massai boy named Meto who helps him in his search for the little seen Fringe-Eared Oryx for former US President Teddy Roosevelt. From there on he and his family and tutor travel to Paris, France where Indy meets a young Norman Rockwell and gets involved in a quarrel between the painters Edgar Degas and Pablo Picasso. The young American boys get a fascinating insight into modern art as Picasso schemes to one up the old master Degas.

琼斯和战友寻找传说中的孔雀眼宝藏的冒险故事。