🏙 Towns & cities
Barstow
city in San Bernardino County, California, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 34.8933, -117.0189
Barstow is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Barstow, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 4 more.
“Although the film is set in Japan, it was filmed primarily in Barstow and Bakersfield in California.”
Movies filmed in Barstow
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Barstow as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Letters from Iwo Jima 2006
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Broken Arrow
1996
“The desert sequences were shot in the Mojave Desert near Barstow, California, and in Coconino County near Page, Arizona.” Wikipedia
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Hair
1979
“Scenes were also shot at the Fort Irwin National Training Center, in the Mojave Desert in northern San Bernardino County, California, and in Barstow, California; as well as in Washington, D.C., at the Lincoln Memorial, in the National Mall.” Wikipedia
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Bagdad Café
1987
“The town of Barstow, California reminded the couple of "purgatory." The film was shot in sequence.” Wikipedia
Named here by Barstow’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Barstow, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
Filming locations nearby
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Southern California Logistics Airport
🇺🇸 United States
airport in California, United States of America
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🏙 Towns & cities
Victorville
🇺🇸 United States
city in the Victor Valley in San Bernardino County, California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Fort Irwin National Training Center
🇺🇸 United States
major training area for the United States Military and is a census-designated place located in the Mojave Desert
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🏙 Towns & cities
Newberry Springs
🇺🇸 United States
unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Barstow?
5 productions are recorded as filmed in Barstow, including Courage Under Fire (1996), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) and Broken Arrow (1996). 4 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Barstow?
Courage Under Fire (1996), covered by 30 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Barstow?
Barstow is in the United States, at 34.8933, -117.0189.
What other filming locations are near Barstow?
Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville, Fort Irwin National Training Center and Newberry Springs, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Amin Eshaiker, CC BY-SA 3.0.