Adolf Hitler visits German Army officers, who were injured, in the July 20th assassination attempt against him. They are being treated at a military hospital, in Rastenburg, during World War 2. Among the victims he visits are: Major General Walter Scherff; Navy Captain Heinz Assmann; Rear Admiral Karl-Jesco von Puttkamer; and General Walther Buhle. Hitler is seen with a small bandage in his right ear due to a ruptured ear drum from the explosion. He takes time and speaks with each of the wounded officers. As he leaves, women nurses, assembled outside, render Nazi salutes, and cheer him. Change of scene shows Hitler, at the Wolf's Lair compound, near Rastenburg, East Prussia (now Poland). He greets Walther Funk, Reich Minister for Economic Affairs; a local Gauleiter; Reich Minister Albert Speer; a Dr. Sauer; and Reich Minister Hans Heinrich Lammers, President of the Reich Cabinet. Next scene shows Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Nazi Gestapo, speaking with General (Generaloberst) Ferdinand Schörner. Hitler strolls with Hermann Goering, and is then seen, from behind, as he greets Reich Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels and General (Generaloberst) Heinz Wilhelm Guderian, Chief of Staff of the Army. Beside him is Hermann Fegelein. The Nazi top leaders stand and converse. Goebbels speaks with Martin Bormann and General Alfred Jodl, whose head is bandaged. (He was injured during the July 20, 1944 assassination plot against Hitler.)
German Army Major, Otto-Ernst Remer, who foiled the plotters, followng the July 20, 1944 attempt on Adolf Hitler's life in World War 2, reviews the Battalion under his command in Berlin. The troops are drawn up in formation. Two light field artillery pieces are parked in the foreground. Remer marches past his troops, holding a Nazi salute. He then stands at a microphone in front of a German War Ensign and gives the troops a stern message about their duty.
An open top car is driven on road. Car stops and roof of the car slides up to cover the car. Man shows the control button in car. Car pulls away.
Hugo Eckener and other officials seated around table and having drinks. Officials converse with each other. LZ-127 officer, Ernst Lehman, in uniform, bends over to speak with Dr. Eckner. Close views of Hugo Eckener talking with officials. Crowd in the background includes German policemen. Brief view of the Graf Zeppelin airship on the ground.
Various events captured by newsreel cameramen. Political rally broken up by gunfire. Crowd disperses and people run from area in front of Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. Men and women run across street. Building in the background. Smoke arises from explosion and gunfire in front of the Brandenburg Gate.
Events following meeting of Sixth Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg in 1934. A Hitler Youth rally on the parade ground. Men blow trumpets and beat drums. Shows Fuhrer Adolf Hitler, Hitler-Jugend (HJ, Hitler Youth) Baldur von Schirach and other German officials arriving to review the parade. Hitler and other officials give Nazi salute to rally. Baldur von Schirach and Hitler address the Hitler Youth rally. Men in rally cheer and give Nazi salute to Hitler. (From a U.S. government-edited version of production "Triumph of the Will" with World War 2 period English audio narration and commentary added.)
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