Safety Officer Bill Payne makes life difficult for Jack Clement when he puts the Unions interests over his demands. Personal Manager Fred Parsons decides to move apprentice Sammy Metcalf away from metal work to design.
Some men measure promotion in terms of power, others - in money. But to Don Cotter, working in the drawing office of Scott Furlong, an unexpected vacancy could provide a final chance of re-planning his life.
When Tom Barnsley, a young operative in Sub Assembly, meets Sue Collins, a secretary from the Projects Office, she invites him to take her away for the week-end. To Tom this is a beginning, but Sue has different ideas.