The Academy Film Archive preserved The Sound of Music in 2003. Television and home media. The first American television transmission of The Sound of Music was on February 29, 1976 on ABC, which paid $15 million for a one-time only broadcast that became one of the top-rated films ever shown on television to that point. read more
The Sound of Music filming location: Maria arrives at the Von Trapp mansion: Hellbrunner Allee, Salzburg, Austria The lakeside terrace, though, was filmed at Schloss Leopoldskron, a rococo castle on Leopoldskroner Teich, a small artificial lake on the southwest of the town. read more