Jännitystä piisaavassa toimintadraamassa "Life on the Line" seurataan huimapäisiä voimajohtoasentajia, jotka henkeään uhmaten yrittävät pitää sähköverkon kunnossa. John Travolta on reilu ja rehti Beau. Hän syyttää itseään veljensä kuolemasta ja kasvattaa tämän Bailey-tytärtä. Beaun maailma luhistuu, kun Baileyn poikaystävä liittyy työporukkaan ja ilmassa muhii ennennäkemätön, hengenvaarallinen myrsky.

Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.

Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade of putting up transmission lines. They both love their work, and the same girl, who hates their dangerous profession.

Three electrical linemen work through the hazardous conditions of the Depression Era. Sparks fly, and things become truly dangerous, when Ann comes between this band of brothers. Things get worse, after they move in together, following the death of her father, their supervisor, "Pop" Foster, from an industrial accident.

Storm Soldiers tells the story of America's unsung first responders. Linemen work behind the scenes protecting our way of life, rebuilding after natural disasters and putting their lives on the line everyday. Almost half of America's 400,000 linemen are scheduled for retirement in the next five to ten years. Without an influx of new linemen entering the trade, who's going to to keep the power on?