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Salt (2010)

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

Washington, Moscow, North Korea: the film is mostly New York State, and its White House is a digital rebuild

Scenes and places

The prison in North Korea (2010)

Salt sits in a North Korean prison, suspected of being a U.S. spy. The CIA arranges an exchange to quiet the publicity her boyfriend is stirring up.

Set in North Korean prison and prisoner exchange — The opening scene, where Salt is held as a suspected spy and then swapped out.

A disused airfield on Jamaica Bay in New York City.

Filmed at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn — The opening sequence in North Korea was shot on this former airfield in Brooklyn. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The defector who names her (2010)

Two years later Salt interrogates a Russian defector while two colleagues watch. He talks about a day called Day X and names a sleeper agent he says will strike at a funeral. The name he gives is hers.

Set in CIA interrogation room — The room where a Russian defector tells the CIA that a sleeper agent named Evelyn Salt is about to strike.

A plain interrogation room; the film gives no street address for it.

Running from her own agency (2010)

Salt escapes detention and tries to phone her husband as she heads home, with the CIA and police on her tail. Mike is not answering.

Set in Salt's flight through the city — Salt slips out of custody and tries to reach her husband while the CIA and police close in.

A downtown street beside the Hudson River and an expressway ramp, far from the capital it plays.

Filmed at Water Street, Albany — A chase sequence was filmed on Water Street near the Interstate 787 ramp in downtown Albany. The exact stretch is not given. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The vice president's funeral (2010)

The funeral Orlov named is under way, and Salt is among the mourners. The CIA is already hunting her.

Set in Church of the vice president's funeral, New York City — The funeral of Vice President Maxwell Oates, where the Russian president is expected. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A Midtown Manhattan church, where this scene was filmed on location.

Filmed at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Manhattan — Salt's capture and escape sequence was set at this church, according to the film's Wikipedia page. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection, East Village — The funeral was also shot at this Russian Orthodox cathedral. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The barge on the river (2010)

Salt reaches the barge and finds Orlov waiting with other sleeper agents. He is proud of her and wants to know whether she can still be trusted.

Set in A barge where Orlov waits — A barge where Orlov waits with other sleeper agents.

A former lightship moored in the Hudson River at 26th Street.

Filmed at Frying Pan lightship, Hudson River at 26th Street — Wikipedia names the Frying Pan as the place where the rendezvous with Orlov was shot; that this is the film's barge is an inference. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The children's training camp (2010)

In a flashback Salt recalls growing up in the Soviet Union, trained alongside other children. She was given the identity of an American girl.

Set in Soviet training facility for the KA children — A flashback to the Soviet Union, where children are trained to become sleeper agents.

A monastery on the Volga, with its interior borrowed from a church in Manhattan.

Filmed at Makaryev Monastery, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast — The outside of the KA training facility was this monastery in Russia. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection, East Village — The interior of the training facility was filmed in this Russian Orthodox cathedral in New York. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Into the White House (2010)

Disguised as a NATO liaison's attache, Salt walks into the White House with a fellow agent. Nobody checks what she is carrying.

Set in The White House, Washington, D.C. — The residence of the U.S. president and the target of the sleeper agents' attack. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The U.S. president's residence and workplace in Washington, D.C.

The bunker below the White House (2010)

The attack drives the president underground into a secure bunker. Salt manages to get into the outer bunker before it is sealed.

Set in Underground bunker below the White House — A secure bunker eight stories below the White House, where the president is taken during the attack. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A reinforced shelter built for the president, reached by a long elevator ride.

Filmed at Grumman Studios, Bethpage — Studio production for the film took place at Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at 157th St and Riverside Drive, Washington Heights — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Evelyn Salt — A CIA officer accused by a Russian defector of being a sleeper agent, who goes on the run to clear her name.
• Orlov — The Russian defector who tells the CIA a sleeper agent will strike at a funeral.
• Peabody — The counterintelligence officer who orders Salt to be detained.

Questions answered on the map

• Was the White House in Salt filmed for real?
• Where were Salt's chase and the funeral really filmed?