Landmarks & buildings

British Museum Reading Room

former main reading room of the British Library

United Kingdom · 51.5194, -0.1269

British Museum Reading Room is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia article of 1 production — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“Without informing the producers, Hitchcock used the Schüfftan process to film the scenes in the Reading Room of the British Museum since the light levels were too low for normal filming.”

Blackmail (1929) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names British Museum Reading Room as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Blackmail 1929

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at British Museum Reading Room?

1 production is recorded as filmed at British Museum Reading Room, including Blackmail (1929). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Where is British Museum Reading Room?

British Museum Reading Room is in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 51.5194, -0.1269.

What other filming locations are near British Museum Reading Room?

British Museum (under 1 km), Great Russell Street (under 1 km), Senate House (under 1 km), University of London (under 1 km) and 2 more — all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

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 Thaler Tamas, CC BY-SA 4.0.