Front: The Compact Cable offices in New York City (production painting by Tom Lay). It's here where David Levinson tells his boss Marty Gilbert (Harvey Fierstein) about the embedded signal causing interference in satellite transmissions. The alien ships have positioned themselves all over the world and are using this one signal to synchronize their efforts.
Right: On a New York City rooftop, director/co-writer Roland Emmerich directs Jeff Goldblum as his character, David, witnesses the arrival of the aliens.
* Source: Back of Card