Often times, the best stories and movies are really true. The film called The Sound of Music is one of these. The Sound of Music first appeared on movie screens in 1965. The movie is based on the life of Austria's von Trapp family. In this alphabet book, V is for von Trapp, you'll be able to learn about the real von Trapp family beginning in their A is for Austria homeland and finishing with the von Trapp's 2008 return visit to Austria in Z is for Zell am See.