“AN ACTOR ABROAD“ HUGH O’BRIAN VISITS VIENNA & LONDON 1960S TV SHOW XD45934

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website “An Actor Abroad” () is a color, travelog film made for television as part of Jack Douglas’ television series “At Home Abroad“. Hosted by Jack Douglas, the film follows Hollywood star Hugh O’Brian around Vienna and London as he films MGM’s “Come Fly With Me” (1963) to get a glimpse of “what an actor does in his spare time abroad”. O’Brian takes the viewer along to some of Vienna’s and London’s most popular attractions while meeting up with other movie stars and show business executives. Jack Douglas introduces protagonist and actor, Hugh O’Brian, as well as topic of show (0:38). Camera pans countryside outside of Vienna, Danube River (1:14). Downtown Vienna: Vienna tram type L tram car, automobiles, street signs pointing towards Pressburg, Budapest (1:21). Vienna International Airport, Hugh O’Brian walks in pilots uniform in character for MGM “Come Fly With Me” film (1:39). Footage of filming movie inside airport terminal: crew operates camera, lights; O’Brian studies lines with Pamela Tiffin (2:05). O’Brian arrives at Hotel Bristol, Vienna on horse-drawn carriage (2:28). 1960s style barber shop in hotel, woman barber (2:44). O’Brian window shops, glass windows of fine china and crystal illuminated in display of J. & L. Lobmeyr (2:55). Display of porcelain statues in window (3:24). Exterior Augarten Vienna Porcelain Manufactory in former imperial palace of Maria Teresa (3:36). Inside craftsmen at work, carving molds in clay and plastic, painting (3:43). J. & L. Lobmeyr craftsmen at work: artists draws pattern, engraver uses machine to etch it in (4:06). Finished product: vase on pedestal turns revealing scene of woman dancing (4:23). O’Brian sightseeing around the city on horse-drawn carriage: Vienna Parliament Building and Pallas-Athene-fountain, Schönbrunn Palace (4:35). O’Brian sits among locals for coffee at street side, outdoor cafe (5:43). O’Brian and Maria Perschy feed pigeons at Karlsplatz (5:55). Exterior the Dorotheum auction house, inside bidders sit side-by-side, O’Brian and Perschy bid on oil still life painting (6:12). O’Brian, Perschy approach cashiers desk, claim painting (7:23). O’Brian, Perschy stop at Newsagent stand - poster of O’Brian promoting upcoming film (7:59). Viennese Giant Ferris Wheel at the Prater; aerial views of Vienna city skyline (8:49). Beethoven House, Bonn, Germany - O’Brian, Perschy drink wine and eat with other Hollywood stars Henry Levin, Jimmy Dobson, Douglas Foley (9:36). Vienna Opera House on Vienna Ring Road, chandelier-lined Gobelin Hall: 13 tapestries by Rudolf Eisenmenger with motifs from Mozart’s Magic Flute (10:25). Backstage employee hangs costumes for opera, black robe worn by Brigitte Nielsen in Turandot (11:26). Opera prop shop: Viking helmets, swords, and spears neatly kept in storage area (11:51). Crystal chandelier, 10,200 bulbs slowly light up (12:01). Royal parlor room, walls featuring busts of musical greats Schubert, Wagner, Beethoven, Richard Strauss (12:20). Sightseeing London by bike: O’Brian passes Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, Nelson’s Column, Big Ben and Houses of Parliament, Lambeth Bridge over Thames River on (13:09). O’Brian’s 3-story town house on Graham Terrace, traditional English interior, housekeeper brings him tea in garden (14:15). North End Road Seasonal Market, Fulham: stalls with produce, handicrafts (15:17). Crowd gathers around banana auctioneer Terry Tucker (15:40). MGM Film Studios on Elstree Way, Borehamwood (17:24). Interior film studio: painted backdrops, ladders, design supplies line walkway (17:31). O’Brian greets group of kids playing cricket on street, joins their amateur game while mothers with babies and other kids come to watch the spectacle (17:45). O’Brian visits riding stables, meets young girl equestrians before riding off through cobblestone streets (19:16). Westminster Horse Guards ride horseback in unison along city streets (21:06). Wilton Mews neighborhood, O’Brian meets Lois Nettleton at The Grenadier pub, traditional British interior (21:40). O’Brian addresses audience from makeup chair at studio (22:58). Hugh O’Brian (1925 – 2016) was best known for his starring roles in the Western tv series “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp“ and the action series “Search“. He was in the movies Ten Little Indians and The Shootist. A foundation he created has sponsored more than 500,000 students since 1958. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit