This 1962 color film for Lufthansa German Airlines documents logistical issues of air transport encountered during the making of Paramount’s international World War II film production of, “The Counterfeit Traitor,” directed by George Seaton and starring William Holden (TRT 21:07).

Movie studio entrance gates, “Paramount Pictures” and opening titles, “A Member of the Team, Starring Lufthansa German Airlines and a Customer” (0:09). A blue and yellow van for Lufthansa drives onto the Paramount studios backlot. A man in a Native American Indian costume walks by. “Special Commentary by William Holden, Narrated by Maurice Hart” (0:27). The van stops at the “Cafe Continental” and a man in Scottish attire, wearing a kilt. A man peers out of the van at a passing woman in a short skirt and tights (0:46). The van continues onto a western set. A “cowboy” directs them (1:03). A Lufthansa representative meets with Paramount producer William Perlberg and writer/director George Seaton (1:53). Crates stenciled, “The Counterfeit Traitor” and “Do Not Drop” (2:06). Actor Lilli Palmer shoots a screen test in a living room set (2:20). Art directors Hal Ferrera and Tambi Larsen check set construction plans. The Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco International Airport . Perlberg, Palmer, and Seaton at the Lufthansa terminal. Boarding a Boeing 707 Lufthansa jet airliner bound for Frankfurt (2:29). Takeoff. Aerial photography of the jet in flight. Deplaning. Unloading cargo (3:00). Dutch-style windmills in the Swedish countryside near Svensk studios. Actors on bicycles ride up to a motion picture camera crew (4:08). A hotel room scene featuring William Holden is filmed (4:45). Cinematographer Jean Bourgoin takes a light meter reading near a harbor. A 35mm film camera is pulled backwards across a dolly track (5:06). A Lufthansa jet at Stockholm’s Bromma Airport. Takeoff from a runway (5:47). Copenhagen, Denmark’s City Hall Square, aka Rådhuspladsen. Heavy pedestrian traffic and coordinated background action. Young spectators (6:07). The King’s New Square, aka Kongens Nytorv and the Hotel D’Angleterre. A procession of bicyclists (6:49). Wardrobe coordinator Frank Salvi empties a box, “William Holden Hats,” then makes a phone call. A Lufthansa representative answers (7:24). A brochure for “Supercargo Service.” Shooting continues. Scaffolding. A fish market. A Lufthansa Metropolitan propeller-driven airliner unloads a single hatbox. Frank Salvi rushes to William Holden with a hat (8:12). Jean Bourgoin films the exterior scene. A sign, “Perlberg Seaton Productions.” Boxing paperwork for a company move (9:33). Hamburg, Germany. Real-Film Studio. Lillie Palmer arrives by car (10:07). Blocking a scene with Holden and Palmer (10:40). A Junkers Ju 52 passenger plane in flight (D-3050) and in a scene, playing 1941 (11:09). A lunch break at an airport. A Lufthansa flight attendant gives a couple directions to the Binnenalster on a map. A passenger ferry. St. Michael’s Church (12:01). A panorama of Hamburg. A sightseeing harbor visit. A 35mm film reel is removed from a camera and packed into a canister, then boxed for shipping. A motorcycle with a sidecar drives away with the rushes (13:02). Dropping the parcel at a shipping office (13:43). A Vickers Viscount airliner (13:57). A teletype. A train station, Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, staged for filming (14:27). Applying makeup and location filming (15:08). Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport. Lufthansa employees load cargo stenciled, “The Counterfeit Traitor” into a van (15:26). The Berlin Hilton hotel. William Holden exits and climbs into a green Mercedes (16:29). Holden narrates over shots of Berlin. The Kongresshalle. The Reichstag. The Brandenburg Gate (17:08). The film crew base camp on location, a scene of Holden among ruins (17:40). Shooting on the Spree River. East German observers in a police patrol boat (18:13). A night shoot of a post-air raid firefight, supervised by real life spy Eric Erickson. Firetrucks and ambulances (18:49). A Lufthansa jet ships out cast, crew, and cargo in Frankfurt. A blue and yellow van drives away (20:05).

This sponsored film was written by W. Brock Perlberg; Produced by Theodore Taylor; Directed by Jerold Drucker and James Rosenberger.