[cynwoody]

In fact Powers was shot only about a dozen miles away Southeast from the place there it is filmed.

Sergei Khrushchev wrote about that famous incident in 2000:

The Day We Shot Down The U-2

[wetphoenix]

There is a decommissioned S-75 SAM sitting at the place to this day to commemorate Powers shot down. Note the American truck parts shop at the first floor of motel at background.