A few rare behind-the-scenes shots from “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (31 Photos)

Spielberg and stuntman Pat Roach (also a professional wrestler) choreographing the big boxing scene

Spielberg, Harrison Ford and a corpse

Steven Spielberg setting up a shot of miniatures

That’s noted Indiana Jones stunt double Vic Armstrong standing to the left of Harrison Ford.

Ford and Karen Allen

Allen, producer George Lucas, Spielberg and Ford

The prosthetic Belloq head that explodes during the finale

Spielberg, the idol and the corpse of Satipo

Ford, cinematographer Douglas Slocombe and Spielberg work the animatronic idol

A look inside the fertility idol, which actually had robotic eyes and was supposed to “look” at Indiana Jones

Lucas and Ford on set

From a deleted scene that shows how Indy survived the submarine trip

Lunch on the ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ set

Stuntman Vic Armstrong films the legendary chase sequence

Allen and a shirtless Spielberg (and an awesome hat)

Allen posing with one of the Nazi pilots

Ford practicing his whip during one of the bazaar scenes

Ford, Spielberg and the Bantu Wind, the ship that carried Indy, Marion and the Ark

Allen, Spielberg, Ford and Rhys-Davies working on rewrites

Creating the ghost that flies out of the Ark of the Covenant

Dietrich’s face melting off as the Ark is opened

Spielberg shooting the scene with Belloq and the Hovitos

Ford and Allen shooting the finale as Lucas looks on

Wolf Kahler (Col. Dietrich), Spielberg and Rhys-Davies

The Hovitos turn on the crew

The matte painting of Marion’s bar in Tibet

John Rhys-Davies cracking up Ford

Harrison Ford lounges alongside extras in the desert

Spielberg and Ford

Lucas, Spielberg and two impressive beards