Tomorrow : Yesterday and Today - The Star Trek Filming Locations
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I had no idea the "tank" was that shallow. Do they put some kind of walls up around the lot when they're filling it?
But it makes sense that the tank would be so close to the studio water tower. I wonder how much of the tower's capacity it takes to fill the tank.
But it makes sense that the tank would be so close to the studio water tower. I wonder how much of the tower's capacity it takes to fill the tank.
Thanks. According to Memory Alpha the tank was also the site of the village sets from A Private Little War and The Omega Glory -- explaining why I couldn't find them on the backlot. The village was apparently left over from another production and TOS was able to use it before it was torn down.
Thanks to Memory Alpha, the pictures below show the tank in use for TMP and TVH.
Christopher, I was also surprised with how shallow it is. I guess its a cost thing. The length of the tank is huge, and I would imagine it would cost a fortune to fill it. I guess most productions just want the effect of a person in a boat, so it needn't be very deep.
When depth is required (TVH), it looks from the picture like they built their own tank within the tank.
- There is a "prop warehouse" that the public can access - the one prop I noticed that was missing since my last visit was the Captain's chair from the JJ films. Off for a pre-filming touch up? My guide would neither confirm or deny anything
I think that's because JJ's Star Trek films are now shot in a larger stage on the Sony lot in Culver City.
Question:
The place at the paramount lot where Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down in "A piece of the Action" (one of my favorite episodes).
Did they, by any change, film parts of the DS9 episode "Past Tense" there?
The place at the paramount lot where Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down in "A piece of the Action" (one of my favorite episodes).
Did they, by any change, film parts of the DS9 episode "Past Tense" there?
I seem to recall that portions of "Past Tense" were shot in the "Financial District" portion of the modern Paramount backlot. Specifically, that's where Sisko, Dax, and Bashir were when they first arrived in the 21st century. I guess the Sanctuary District was on other parts of the backlot like the Brooklyn and Brownstone sections, or somewhere like that.
Thank you, that is very interesting to know too.
My question was about the filming location for the Sanctuary District. The scene for example, when Gabriel Bell was attacked, it looks like it could have been one of those buildings.
I'm looking at the website and it looks like that part of the Sanctuary District could have been shot at the 'Lower east side' and the 'Brooklyn' set.
The Brooklyn set is where they filmed the beam down for Kirk, Spock and McCoy in 'A piece of the Action'.
^Well, the same design style. But pretty much every studio backlot has a New York Street, and if one such facility were torn down, it'd probably be replaced by a generally similar-looking one.
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Well, not every studio. Mainly just the major ones -- Universal, Warners, Paramount and FOX, maybe?
Disney/ABC has a small strip of facades facing Stage 5 and 6 and the western side of the Frank G. Wells building, but I'd hardly call it a "New York Street" style locale.
Disney/ABC has a small strip of facades facing Stage 5 and 6 and the western side of the Frank G. Wells building, but I'd hardly call it a "New York Street" style locale.
Only just saw this! I had remembered when I got to Ann Arbor that we'd intended to catch up during my four days (too short!) in SF.
I shall return!
Next stop : Culver City, home of Desilu's other major facility where Star Trek made many visits, particularly early on.
The studio soundstages were used to film "The Cage", "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and "For The World Is Hollow and I have Touched the Sky", and these facilities exist today, renamed "Culver Studios".
I didn't visit here, but I'll include it so we have all the locations covered in this thread. It's a working studio with no tours, and the only way in would be to get a ticket to be a contestant/audience member at one of the TV shows filmed here.
As you can see here though, it's a beautiful looking studio -- it's been there since 1918, and the old buildings look to have been well looked after. After Paramount bought Desilu in 1968, Paramount offloaded it, and it has changed hands many times. At one point it was owned by Grant Tinker, one of the key NBC decision makers who put Star Trek on the air.
But what is of more interest to Star Trek fans is the studio backlot which was also known as "RKO 40 Acres backlot". It was the home of the Atlanta set in Gone With The Wind, and during its years under Desilu ownership was used for TV shows including The Andy Griffith Show, Mission Impossible, Hogan's Heroes, and of course Star Trek. Episodes filmed on the backlot were : "Miri", "Return of the Archons", "City on the Edge of Forever" (Atlanta/Mayberry set) and "Errand of Mercy" and "The Cage" (Arab Village set).
So many classic Treks were filmed on this lot, but unfortunately it doesn't exist anymore. After Desilu sold it to Paramount in 1968 it then changed hands several times before it was torn down in 1976. Today it's an office park.
So, unfortunately there's not a whole lot to see here, but if you are curious how it all looks now, watch this great Youtube video made by a fan of The Andy Griffith Show -- he walks you around the neighbourhood as it looks now and scopes out the main Andy Griffith locations, which were the same ones used in Trek :
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDg8Ui8aR40[/yt]
The studio soundstages were used to film "The Cage", "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and "For The World Is Hollow and I have Touched the Sky", and these facilities exist today, renamed "Culver Studios".
I didn't visit here, but I'll include it so we have all the locations covered in this thread. It's a working studio with no tours, and the only way in would be to get a ticket to be a contestant/audience member at one of the TV shows filmed here.
As you can see here though, it's a beautiful looking studio -- it's been there since 1918, and the old buildings look to have been well looked after. After Paramount bought Desilu in 1968, Paramount offloaded it, and it has changed hands many times. At one point it was owned by Grant Tinker, one of the key NBC decision makers who put Star Trek on the air.
But what is of more interest to Star Trek fans is the studio backlot which was also known as "RKO 40 Acres backlot". It was the home of the Atlanta set in Gone With The Wind, and during its years under Desilu ownership was used for TV shows including The Andy Griffith Show, Mission Impossible, Hogan's Heroes, and of course Star Trek. Episodes filmed on the backlot were : "Miri", "Return of the Archons", "City on the Edge of Forever" (Atlanta/Mayberry set) and "Errand of Mercy" and "The Cage" (Arab Village set).
So many classic Treks were filmed on this lot, but unfortunately it doesn't exist anymore. After Desilu sold it to Paramount in 1968 it then changed hands several times before it was torn down in 1976. Today it's an office park.
So, unfortunately there's not a whole lot to see here, but if you are curious how it all looks now, watch this great Youtube video made by a fan of The Andy Griffith Show -- he walks you around the neighbourhood as it looks now and scopes out the main Andy Griffith locations, which were the same ones used in Trek :
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDg8Ui8aR40[/yt]
That "Arab Village Set" must be the one used for the only sequence in "The Cage" shot outside, Pike and the princess-gowned Vina fighting the Kaylar.
I love the fact that at one time you could have walked from Mayberry to Camp Henderson to Organia to Stalag 13 in just a few minutes.
Time for a little Shore Leave...
You are heading north of LA to Acton, out in what they call "Canyon Country" to visit Shambala animal foundation, filming location for most of "Shore Leave" -- the other location for this show was Vasquez Rocks -- which is about 10 minutes from here.
Where Shambala is now, was once the home of Africa USA -- an Africa-themed zoo that is very conveniently located at the bottom of a canyon, so there are no power lines, freeways or anything like that for the crew to worry about.
Interestingly Africa USA was once located at Vasquez rocks, before moving to the canyon site. It stayed there till 1969 when Africa USA was destroyed by flooding, sadly.
At some point, the actress Tippi Hedren decided to use the site for her Shambala animal preserve -- dedicated to rescuing lions and tigers.
Unfortunately it was closed over Christmas wen I visited, but if you want to visit the site, you can book a tour here. Just be aware the place is packed with tigers as you can (kinda) see below.
See the white wall behind Bones?
I took these shots from the top of it, where the freeway snakes around the edge of the park.
One of the kitties is on the prowl here...
You ain't kidding...
If you head out here, do this place and Vasquez rocks together in one go. I'll have photos from Vasquez next post
You are heading north of LA to Acton, out in what they call "Canyon Country" to visit Shambala animal foundation, filming location for most of "Shore Leave" -- the other location for this show was Vasquez Rocks -- which is about 10 minutes from here.
Where Shambala is now, was once the home of Africa USA -- an Africa-themed zoo that is very conveniently located at the bottom of a canyon, so there are no power lines, freeways or anything like that for the crew to worry about.
Interestingly Africa USA was once located at Vasquez rocks, before moving to the canyon site. It stayed there till 1969 when Africa USA was destroyed by flooding, sadly.
At some point, the actress Tippi Hedren decided to use the site for her Shambala animal preserve -- dedicated to rescuing lions and tigers.
Unfortunately it was closed over Christmas wen I visited, but if you want to visit the site, you can book a tour here. Just be aware the place is packed with tigers as you can (kinda) see below.
See the white wall behind Bones?
I took these shots from the top of it, where the freeway snakes around the edge of the park.
One of the kitties is on the prowl here...
You ain't kidding...
If you head out here, do this place and Vasquez rocks together in one go. I'll have photos from Vasquez next post
You're welcome...and you know, I think you're right about Khan.
Another thing against the Khan shot being at the Schulberg building is that fact it was on Paramount property when Space Seed was filmed. I'm leaning to Arab Village as well now.
Another thing against the Khan shot being at the Schulberg building is that fact it was on Paramount property when Space Seed was filmed. I'm leaning to Arab Village as well now.
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