Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) – Filming Locations
Comedy / War · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Starring Peter Sellers, Tracy Reed
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
Where was Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb filmed?
- London, United Kingdom, London – War Room interior and B-52 bomber cockpit sequences. Kubrick constructed the iconic War Room set and filmed all interior bomber sequences at Shepperton Studios, choosing London as his base for the entire production to retain creative control
- Burtonwood, United Kingdom, Burtonwood – Exterior shots of the B-52 bomber and airfield sequences. A former USAF base in Lancashire used for exterior aerial and ground shots of the B-52 Stratofortress bomber to achieve authentic military authenticity
- Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, Lincolnshire – Exterior bomber base sequences and airfield operations. An operational RAF bomber base used for filming establishing shots and exterior sequences of the fictional Burpelson Air Force Base