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Palmdale

city in Los Angeles County, California, United States

🇺🇸 United States · 34.5794, -118.1165

Palmdale is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 7 productions — 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.

1 production was filmed at 2 places inside Palmdale rather than at Palmdale itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“The climactic battle was shot in a former air hangar at Palmdale, California, where the cast had to wear wetsuits underneath their costumes on angle-tipped ships.”
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) · Wikipedia

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Palmdale
Photo: Jamesb01 at English Wikipedia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Palmdale 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.

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007
  • Moonraker 1979
    “Much of the film was shot in the cities of London, Paris, Venice, Palmdale, California, Port St. Lucie, Florida, and Rio de Janeiro.” Wikipedia
  • Rat Race 2001
    “California filming primarily occurred in Antelope Valley, Palmdale, Acton, Santa Clarita and Newhall.” Wikipedia
  • Identity 2003
    “Filming also took place on location at the Four Aces Movie Ranch in Palmdale, which features the motel from which Stage 27 was modeled, Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles, and other exterior locations in Palmdale and Lancaster, California.” Wikipedia
  • Them! 1954
    “The scenes set in the Chihuahuan Desert of southern New Mexico were actually filmed in the Mojave Desert near Palmdale, California.” Wikipedia
  • Hard Rain 1998
    “The film was shot in Huntingburg, Indiana, where the film is set (in reality there is no major river or dam nearby, although there are two reservoirs near the town), as well as a $6 million set in an aircraft hangar in Palmdale, California where the B-1 Lancer bomber was manufactured, and some exteriors in Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada.” Wikipedia
  • The Apparition 2012
    “On March 25, Greene shot some scenes in the Anaverde neighborhood of Palmdale, California.” Wikipedia

Movies filmed elsewhere in Palmdale

1 production shot at 2 places inside Palmdale, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Palmdale itself.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Palmdale?

8 productions are recorded as filmed in Palmdale, 1 of them at places inside it, including Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), Moonraker (1979) and Rat Race (2001). 7 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Palmdale?

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), covered by 85 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Palmdale?

Palmdale is in the United States, at 34.5794, -118.1165.

What other filming locations are near Palmdale?

Golden Oak Ranch, Newhall, Arleta, Sylmar and 2 more, 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 Jamesb01 at English Wikipedia, Public domain.