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San Francisco City Hall

city hall for the City and County of San Francisco, California, USA

United States · 37.7793, -122.4193

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

San Francisco City Hall is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 5 more. Published sources name it for more, each listed below with its publisher.

“Marcia is not credited in the film, but her suggestion led Spielberg to shoot a final exterior sequence on the steps of San Francisco City Hall showing Jones and Marion together.”
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) · Wikipedia

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San Francisco City Hall
Photo: Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies filmed at San Francisco City Hall

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names San Francisco City Hall 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.

  • Milk 2008
    “Filming also took place at the San Francisco City Hall, while White's office, where Milk was assassinated, was recreated elsewhere due to the city hall's offices having become more modern.” Wikipedia
  • Dirty Harry 1971
    “Dirty Harry (1971) filmed several scenes at City Hall, including inside the Mayor's office.” Wikipedia
  • A View to a Kill 1985
    “The rest of the major filming was done at Fisherman's Wharf, Dunsmuir House, San Francisco City Hall and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.” Wikipedia
  • Bicentennial Man 1999
    “Various scenes were shot inside San Francisco City Hall, including the ball scene.” Wikipedia
  • Foul Play 1978
    “The lobby scenes of the opera house were filmed in the rotunda of San Francisco City Hall across the street.” Wikipedia

Named here by San Francisco City Hall’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at San Francisco City Hall, 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.

From published sources

Productions a newspaper, a film office, a broadcaster or the production itself says were filmed at San Francisco City Hall, where no wiki records it. Each sentence below was found on its page and read before it was added, and its publisher is linked beside it.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at San Francisco City Hall?

6 productions are recorded as filmed at San Francisco City Hall, including Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Milk (2008) and Dirty Harry (1971). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at San Francisco City Hall?

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), covered by 80 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is San Francisco City Hall?

San Francisco City Hall is in the United States, at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. Its coordinates are 37.7793, -122.4193.

What other filming locations are near San Francisco City Hall?

San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center (under 1 km), War Memorial Opera House (under 1 km), Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall (under 1 km), San Francisco Public Library (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 Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.