The film was, of course, "The Sound of Music," the biggest grossing musical of all time, if receipts are adjusted for inflation.
Julie Andrews starred as Maria von Trapp, a real-life ex-nun who married an Austrian naval officer after she became governess to his children. Its core family values, hummable tunes and stunning scenery turned it into a worldwide success.
It also ensured that Salzburg, with two dozen locations featured in the film, would never be the same again.
The first tourists asking about the film settings started arriving in 1966 and were faced by bemused locals.
Most Austrians still haven't seen "The Sound of Music" and don't understand what the fuss is about.
The film ran only for a very short period in the country and was subsequently dropped.
Although many reasons are put forward for its disappearance, the instances of Nazi complicity depicted in the film were certainly too much to bear for the Austria of the 1960s, which was forging a new, democratic future for itself.
One company, however, knew all about the locations and was happy to oblige.
Kleinbusse am Mirabellplatz had provided six Volkswagen vans for director Bob Wise to transport his 250 stars and staff around for three months during the shooting. The company morphed into today's Panorama Tours, doing two four-hour "Sound of Music" tours a day, every day, all year.
There are photo ops at the bottom of Nonnberg Abbey where Maria von Trapp was a novice nun, and outside Frohnburg Castle, which served as the exterior of the von Trapp villa.
The tree-lined avenue leading to the castle is where the von Trapp children dangled from branches, to the horror of their father.
The final part of the tour takes in the lakes of Salzkammergut that feature in aerial shots: Lake Fuschl, Lake Wolfgang and Mondsee, in whose village church Maria's marriage ceremony was filmed.
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