The lowdown:  'The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles' ran for two seasons on the ABC network in the US between
4 March 1992 and 24 July 1993. A total of 24 one-hour episodes were made, and ABC subsequently sold the series
to the Family Channel, which broadcast a further four feature-length telemovies. The entire series has since been
re-edited by George Lucas as 22 feature-length episodes using the title 'The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones'.
It has since been released on DVD using this title. The series features the exploits of a much younger Indiana Jones
than appears in the big-budget films. Two actors play Indy at different stages of his life - Corey Carrier plays Indy as
a 10-year-old, while Sean Patrick Flanery stars as the teenage Indy, with many of Flanery's episodes featuring the
exploits of Indy during World War One. The series was devised as both a prequel to the films and an "edutainment" 
show providing an insight into early-20th century history. As a result, Indy travels to many countries and meets a
large number of historical figures, including Lawrence of Arabia, Winston Churchill and Pablo Picasso.

The episode:  'Attack of the Hawkmen' was the third Family Channel telemovie, and was first broadcast on 8
October 1995. It is set in France and Germany in 1917, and sees Indy leave the Belgian army to join the French
intelligence service. He is assigned to the 124th Squadron as an aerial reconnaissance photographer. Also known 
as the Lafayette Escadrille, this squadron comprises American pilots who had volunteered to fight in WW1 even
though their country was not yet involved. Indy's plane is shot down in Germany, where he is captured by Manfred 
von Richthofen (better known as the Red Baron). Indy of course escapes and returns to France, but is sent on a
mission into Germany to try and convince Dutch aircraft designer Anthony Fokker to work for the French instead
of the Germans. Indy meets up with Fokker and pretends to be his valet. Meanwhile, Fokker and his entourage
travel to Ahlgorn with General Von Kramer (Jon Pertwee), who is seeking Fokker's opinion of a new German
superweapon - a state of the art triplane that Von Kramer is convinced will ensure that Germany wins the war. 
Now disguised as a German soldier, Indy takes photos of the new plane and inadvertently leads to its destruction.

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