The photograph shows the Hauptwache plaza at the heart of Frankfurt am Main from an elevated perspective. At the center stands the baroque Hauptwache building, an octagonal pavilion structure with a distinctly hipped roof, round-arch arcades, and sculptural gable ornaments. Two streetcars traverse the plaza on crossing tracks, while numerous pedestrians complete the scene of urban activity. The Gründerzeit apartment buildings in the background frame the scenery as a typical metropolitan panorama of the 1930s. In the travel film, this sequence serves as evidence of Frankfurt as a modern, traffic-rich metropolis on the Main.