at the beginning of the movie, the u.s army is doing weapons testing in nevada in 1957. it is then revealed that the soviets have taken control of some of the army and shoot some security people dead. a group of soviet men and agent irina spalko then pull indiana jones out of the car and make him get an object that he found ten years ago. he finds the box and tries to escape, but his friend mac turns on him. after escaping, he finds himself in a fake town. the u.s army then explodes an atomic bomb. jones gets into a refrigerator and barely survives.