Where was King Solomon's Mines filmed?
1950 US film by Andrew Marton and Compton Bennett
King Solomon's Mines (1950) was filmed in Kisangani, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Butare, Murchison Falls, Machakos, Rumuruti and 2 more places, 8 places named in its Wikipedia article's Filming section, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Kenya. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
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Places per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 8 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kisangani
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
city in the Democratic Republic of Congo
“Filming in Africa took place at Murchison Falls in Uganda; Astrida, "the land of giant Watusis"; Volcano Country and Stanleyville in the Belgian Congo; Tanganyika; and Rumuruti and Machakos in Kenya.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
🇺🇸 United States
United States National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico
“The cave scene was filmed in the Slaughter Canyon Cave at Carlsbad Caverns National Park and some other scenes were shot at nearby Sitting Bull Falls in Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Murchison Falls
🇺🇬 Uganda
waterfall on the Nile in Uganda
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🏙 Towns & cities
Butare
🇷🇼 Rwanda
city in Rwanda
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🏙 Towns & cities
Rumuruti
🇰🇪 Kenya
place in Laikipia County, Kenya
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🏙 Towns & cities
Machakos
🇰🇪 Kenya
municipality in Machakos County, Kenya
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Sitting Bull Falls
🇺🇸 United States
waterfalls in New Mexico, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Lincoln National Forest
🇺🇸 United States
US national forest in New Mexico, first established as Lincoln Forest Reserve in 1902
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Kenya, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: Kenya
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does King Solomon's Mines have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 8 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.