Where was Independence Day filmed?
1996 film directed by Roland Emmerich
Independence Day (1996) was filmed at 9 places in the United States and Iceland, including New York City, Los Angeles, Reykjavík, Pittsburgh, Colorado Springs and Bonneville Salt Flats. Every place comes from Wikidata.
Filming locations
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Towns & cities
Los Angeles
United States
Seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States
“The production team moved to the Bonneville Salt Flats to film three scenes, then returned to California to film in various places around Los Angeles, including Hughes Aircraft where sets for the cable company and Area 51 interiors were constructed at a former aircraft plant.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
New York City
United States
Most populous city in the United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Spruce Goose Hangar
United States
Building in Los Angeles, California, USA
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Towns & cities
Pittsburgh
United States
City and county seat in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Bonneville Salt Flats
United States
Densely packed salt pan in northwestern Tooele County, Utah, United States
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Towns & cities
Colorado Springs
United States
City in and county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States
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Towns & cities Reykjavík
Iceland
Capital and largest city in Iceland
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Landmarks & buildings
Wendover Airport
United States
Airport in Wendover, Utah, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
United States
Research and development center
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Also per Wikipedia's article
The Wikipedia article names 11 more places. Each links to the sentence that says so.
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Towns & cities
Culver City
United States
City in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Towns & cities
Flagstaff
United States
City in and county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, United States
“A second unit gathered plate shots and establishing shots of Manhattan, Washington, D.C., an RV community in Flagstaff, Arizona, and the Very Large Array on the Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities Fontana
United States
City in San Bernardino County, California, United States
“The main crew also filmed in nearby Cliffside Park, New Jersey before moving to the former Kaiser Steel mill in Fontana, California to film the post-attack Los Angeles sequences.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Imperial Valley
United States
Valley in Southern California
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Towns & cities
Wendover
United States
City in Tooele County, Utah, United States
“The production then moved to Wendover, Utah, and West Wendover, Nevada, where the deserts doubled for Imperial Valley, and the Wendover Airport doubled for the El Toro and Area 51 exteriors.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
United States
Radio astronomy observatory located on the Plains of San Agustin
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Towns & cities
Cliffside Park
United States
Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
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Towns & cities
West Wendover
United States
City in Elko County, Nevada, United States
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Landscapes & nature
Plains of San Agustin
United States
Region in the southwestern U.S. state of New Mexico
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Landscapes & nature
Little Colorado River
United States
River in the United States of America
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Landscapes & nature
Great Basin Desert
United States
Desert in the United States
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Recorded only at country level
Also filmed in Colorado, Iceland, New Jersey, New Mexico, Utah, but the exact places are not known, so they are not on the map.
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