This 1964 color film on Austria is one of a series of Pan Am New Horizons travelogues and was produced by Film Services (London) Limited. The soundtrack has beautiful music. It opens with a long shot of a Pan Am Jet Clipper landing before the jet bridge arrives, the Captain opens the door, and passengers deplane at Vienna Airport (:09-:54). People exit a VW Standard Microbus at the Vienna Intercontinental Hotel; the women wear short white gloves and the men are in suits. (:55-1:10). A double trolley tram zips by (1:12). People dine under umbrella tables (1:19). A Vespa scooter with a large basket passes (1:32). The tram passes the Parliament Building (1:41), and the Belvedere Museum (1:58). Musician statues include Beethoven (2:20), Schubert (2:32), and Mozart (2:39). At an outdoor café, a woman reads a newspaper and drinks her coffee, and children eat milk and toast (3:05-3:25). A couple are served a close-up of strudel and pastries (3:28-4:11). A party is held in the wine gardens at Grinzing (4:46-5:25). People are served drinks on the TranzAlpine Express Train (5:28-5:52). A yacht zips by at St. Wolfgang (6:07-6:28). The White Horse Inn is both a real hotel with a statue and a 1931 operetta (6:30). Stores offer traditional-styled clothing (6:39-6:53) and Austrian pottery (6:53-7:00). A tour boat for Falkenstein passes (7:21-7:32). The splash from a water skier covers the camera amid multiple water skiers (7:33). A closeup of a hand places a golf ball on a tee (7:55-8:20). The City of Salzburg is panned (8:25-8:52). Metal shop signs have fanciful shapes (8:53-9:05). The fountain outside the Sound of Music location spews water (9:06). Various outdoor diners are shown (9:13-9:33). A procession with a cross of Jesus and the “poles of glory” wrapped in flowers leads off the St. John’s Day celebration in Zederhaus (9:35-10:15). Corn shocks are neatly stacked in the fields (10:17-10:30). The Ambras Castle is famous for painted chimney pots (10:36-10:53). Murals are painted on houses (10:59-11:15). An attractive woman wearing a Bavarian (Tyrolean) hat with a feather loads a shotgun while pheasant hunting (11:26-11:45) and returns to the Itter Castle (11:46-12:16). At its pool, a man is joined by a bikini-clad woman with a beehive hairdo (12:17-12:55). Later, they have drinks and dinner (12:55-13:55). The Annasaule Monument is in Innsbruck (14:05), which also has the Golden Roof (14:15-14:35) and Maria Theresa Street (14:36). A cable car passes overhead going up the Eastern Alps (14:55-15:30). A couple dressed in traditional Alpine clothing walk hand-in-hand (15:34). A woman in a dress and a man in a suit each ride a chair lift (15:39-16:00). Views of the Alps are shown (16:01-16:24), with a closeup and sound of a cow bell (16:25-16:35). A woman carries a basket of apples and drinks water out of hand pump as an old man and boy stack chopped wood (16:36-17:13). A NSU Prinz 4 dangerously drives up the many curves of the Silvretta High Alpine Road to Grossglockner (17:16-18:50). Winter means snow skiing (18:53-19:40).

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