This little mini-doc appears to be a 1965 travelogue of the Austran city Salzburg, birthplace and home of Mozart. In fact, they bury the lead and about three minutes in it’s revealed to be a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of ‘The Sound Of Music.’ Charmian Carr, who played Liesl in the movie is our ‘tourguide’ and there’s some excellent footage of director Robert Wise shooting a section of the ‘Doe a Deer’ number (is that its actual title?). I was in Salzberg about ten years ago and found it considerably less charming than it is in this mini-doc. For one thing, the famous music festival was underway and I naively thought I could pick up a ticket to a concert while there, not realizing that seats to concert events are sold out like eight years in advance. But the real problem was that the lovely little town was jammed with gift shops that all featured dolls, busts, posters, statues etc. of Mozart and Julie Andrews. It was like being in a Salzburg theme park. And the weather sucked. Oh well. This doc is a much more pleasurable experience and I’m all in on staying home as much as possible, especially in these times of dreaded security lines, overstuffed planes and the possibility of not being allowed re-entry due to having a foreign-sounding last name. Or perhaps that wouldn’t be such a bad thing after all…