Date: 18th June, 1937. German sailors killed in the Spanish Civil War are brought home to Germany on the Battleship, Deutschland. The warship glides slowly to a pier, where a band and military honor guard stand at attention. Crew of the Deutschland stands on deck in formation. Flower-covered caskets of the fallen sailors, are seen on the deck of the Deutschland. A flag of Nazi Party, at half mast, on a building. Views of the funeral on land, for the fallen sailors. A German Admiral speaks at a podium, surrounded by the caskets of the fallen. Honor Guards surround the lawn. Civilian mourners stand holding umbrellas, against a rain shower. Adolf Hitler ceremoniously lays a wreath on the caskets and walks slowly and quietly past the mourners.
A major rally in Zeppelin Field, part of the Ninth Nazi Party Congress activities in Nuremberg, Germany between 6th -13th September, 1937. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler watches Sturmabteilung (Storm Troopers) parade. He stands on a car and reviews the parade. Civilians watch the parade. The soldiers hold flags of the Nazi Party. Members of the RAD (Reichsarbeitdienst or National Labor Service) are assembled in center of the field. They are stripped to the waist and carry shovels. They perform a drill with the shovels. The crowd cheers. Leader of the RAD, Konstantin Hierl, presents the 38,000 members assembled, to Adolf Hitler, who then greets them from the podium. The RAD members sing an anthem.
Police of Nuremberg march, in their new parade uniforms, carrying swastika flags. Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler reviews the parade. Scene switches to the Zeppelin Field of the Nazi party rally grounds. An architect's scale model of the planned Deutsche Stadion (to be the world's largest stadium and hold 305 thousand people) is on display. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler at a podium. He holds a mason's hammer, and taps it on the foundation stone, as he reads the words of dedication for the new Deutsches Stadion stadium (Silberbuck, Messezentrum 1, 90471 Nürnberg, Germany). Hitler Youth parade carrying flags and singing their anthem, Fahnenlied (Banner song). Hitler stands in open car circling the field, as youth salute him. Deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess rides in the back seat.
Ceremonial flame burns at Zeppelin Field in Nuremberg, Germany. Adolf Hitler descends steps of the Tribune Grandstand accompanied by SS Head, Heinrich Himmler and SA Head Viktor Lutze. SS troops parade. Japanese and other foreign visitors are seen in the stands. The SA (Storm troopers) parade. Hitler walks amongst troops holding flags of various trooper contingents and shakes hands with some, as a band plays a melody punctuated by periodic artillery fire.
Street scene in Nuremberg, Germany, with enthusiastic crowds cheering from the sidewalk. in front of the Liebfrauenkirche (Church of Our Lady). They greet German Chancellor Adolf Hitler who rides past, standing in an open motorcar. SS and SA troopers parade, holding straight arm salute as they march. Hitler reviews the parade. German Army troops in steel helmets parade in goosestep. Troops ride motorbikes.
On 20th February, 1938 Hitler addresses the Reichstag, meeting in the Kroll Opera House, in Berlin, Germany, on the issue of rearmament. Interspersed are various scenes: people standing in a city; The symbol of the RAD (Reichsarbeitdienst, or National Labor Service) and their members at work digging with shovels; German Army troops parading; Large formations of German Luftwaffe (Air force) aircraft in flight; German Naval operations, with depth charges exploding; Armaments factories; tanks maneuvering; soldiers in vehicles; and a formation of biplanes.
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