Men at work on the construction site of a New York skyscraper. A bucket is lifted into the air by a crane. Two men move a heavy cable. Men moving cement with shovels as it leaves the cement mixer. Men moving planks of wood. Steel girders being moved into place with a crane. The frame of the skyscraper being constructed. The completed frame. A man welds metal girders while balanced on a girder himself high above the city. A man uses tongs to remove a metal peg from a small furnace, which is then hammered into shape and used on the frame of the skyscraper. A section of railings is hoisted into place.