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Godzilla (2014)

Where Godzilla says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The monster story is set in Japan, Hawaii, Nevada and San Francisco, but most of it was built in a studio in Burnaby, Canada

Scenes and places

The 1954 test at Bikini Atoll (1954)

In 1954 a nuclear weapon is detonated at Bikini Atoll in an attempt to kill an ancient predator. The film opens with this hidden history.

Set in Bikini Atoll — The Pacific atoll where the film's prologue says Godzilla was lured in 1954. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A coral atoll in the Marshall Islands used for US nuclear tests in the 1940s and 1950s.

Filmed at USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor — Part of the opening sequence was filmed aboard the battleship at Pearl Harbor. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Philippine mine cavern (1999)

Monarch scientists Serizawa and Graham descend into a cavern opened by a collapsed uranium mine. They find a giant skeleton and two spores, one hatched, with a trail leading to the sea.

Set in Philippine uranium mine — A collapsed uranium mine in the Philippines where Monarch scientists find a huge skeleton and two spores.

A mine collapse opened the cavern; the film never names the exact site.

Filmed at Canadian Motion Picture Park, Burnaby — The giant sinkhole set for the Philippine mine was built on the stages here; the exact stage position is not given. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Janjira Nuclear Power Plant (1999)

Supervisor Joe Brody sees the tremors growing at the plant and sends his wife Sandra and her team into the reactor to check. Then a tremor breaches the reactor.

Set in Janjira Nuclear Power Plant — A fictional power plant in Japan that is shaken by unusual seismic activity.

Janjira is a fictional place name; no real filming location is named in the source.

The Brody home in San Francisco (2014)

Navy officer Ford comes home to his wife Elle and son Sam after a tour of duty. The reunion is cut short when he has to leave for Japan.

Set in Ford Brody's home, San Francisco Bay Area — Where Ford returns from a tour of duty to his wife Elle and son Sam.

A family home in the San Francisco Bay Area; the park scenes were shot in Canada.

Filmed at Hi-View Lookout, Cypress Provincial Park — Filmed here as a San Francisco Bay Area park; the lookout is in the park, exact point not given. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Ford arrives in Tokyo (2014)

Ford flies to Japan after his father Joe is arrested for trespassing in the quarantine zone around the ruined plant.

Set in Tokyo airport — The airport where Ford lands after his father is detained.

An airport in Japan in the story; filmed in a Canadian convention centre.

Filmed at Vancouver Convention Centre — The convention centre stood in for the Tokyo and Honolulu airports. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The airport in Honolulu (2014)

Ford is on his way to Hawaii as the Navy task force follows the creature across the Pacific.

Set in Honolulu airport — Hawaii airport scene as the military tracks the creature across the Pacific.

A Hawaii airport in the story, filmed in the same Canadian building as the Tokyo airport.

Filmed at Vancouver Convention Centre — The same convention centre doubled for the Honolulu airport. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The tsunami at Waikiki (2014)

Godzilla arrives off O'ahu and a giant wave rolls over Honolulu while people run. The monster briefly fights the MUTO before it flees.

Set in Waikiki Beach, Honolulu — The Honolulu beachfront where Godzilla comes ashore and a tsunami hits. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A beach and resort strip in Honolulu, Oahu.

Filmed at Waikiki Beach — Waikiki Beach was dressed up as the disaster site during the June and July 2013 shoot in Honolulu. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The second spore at Yucca Mountain (2014)

Serizawa works out that the creature was calling something else and the search turns to Nevada. The spore from the Philippine mine may no longer be dormant.

Set in Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, Nevada — The Nevada repository where the second spore from the Philippine mine was stored.

A mountain in Nevada once planned as a US nuclear waste repository.

The second MUTO hits Las Vegas (2014)

A second, bigger, wingless MUTO emerges and attacks Las Vegas. The scientists work out the two MUTOs are a male and a female sending a mating call.

Set in Las Vegas — The Nevada city attacked by the second, bigger MUTO. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A city in Nevada, in the Mojave Desert.

The battle in San Francisco (2014)

The monsters converge on San Francisco and soldiers fight in the streets. Ford is airlifted in with the last warhead.

Set in Downtown San Francisco — The city where Godzilla and the MUTOs converge.

A city on the California coast; here its streets were played by Canadian locations.

Filmed at Moncton Street, Steveston, Richmond — A large battle scene with about 200 soldiers and many military vehicles was shot on Moncton St; the source does not say which story scene it is, so the link to San Francisco is the filmmakers' general statement. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Godzilla at the Golden Gate Bridge (2014)

Godzilla appears at the Golden Gate Bridge just as the warhead is activated. The scene was built at a studio rather than on the real bridge.

Set in Golden Gate Bridge — The San Francisco bridge where Godzilla appears as the warhead is activated. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A suspension bridge across the entrance to San Francisco Bay.

Filmed at Canadian Motion Picture Park, Burnaby — Crews built a 400-foot section of the bridge on the studio stages. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The MUTO nest in Chinatown (2014)

The male MUTO takes the warhead to the female, who forms a nest around it in the Chinatown area. Ford and a strike team jump into the city to find it.

Set in Chinatown, San Francisco — The district where the female MUTO forms a nest around the warhead. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The oldest Chinatown in North America, in San Francisco.

Filmed at Canadian Motion Picture Park, Burnaby — A full San Francisco Chinatown street was built on the studio site. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Characters

• Ford Brody — A U.S. Navy bomb-disposal officer who gets pulled into the monsters' path.
• Joe Brody — A plant supervisor who spends fifteen years looking for the cause of the Janjira disaster.
• Dr. Ishiro Serizawa — A scientist with Project Monarch who studies the monsters.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was San Francisco's Chinatown nest really built?
• Where did Godzilla's tsunami hit for real?