Picking up where Triumph of the Will
leaves off, this film features highlights from the Party rallies at Nüremberg
in 1936 and 1937. An extended aerial sequence, showing Nüremberg in all its
gothic splendor, opens the film; Hitler’s airfield arrival and triumphant
motorcade into town commence its grand ceremonies. Subsequent scenes at the
Zeppelinfeld demonstrate the colossal scale and military precision of National
Socialist pageantry, while capturing the escalating quotient of spectacle at
Nüremberg over the 1930s. A growing variety of pageantry is also suggested,
from mass folk-dance performances in rural costume, to a sensational sequence
of Wehrmacht exercises conducted at Zeppelinfeld: parachute drops, cavalry,
infantry and Panzer formations, artillery fire and live explosions. Throughout
its spectacular sequences - night rallies, torchlit marches,
massed throngs and fireworks - the film argues its case for an
ever-growing bond between party and nation.
Germany, 1937, B&W, 20
minutes, German commentary, English subtitles.
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