The story features the Little Tramp,Chaplin's famous character, who is trying to survive in the modern industrialized world.The film shows the Little Tramp working in a factory on an assembly line that never seems to stop.A feeding machine gives him food while he continues tightening the bolts on a moving belt. The Little Tramp can't stand the monotony-doing the same thing over and over-and suffers a mental breakdown.He's taken to the hospital, and soon recovers.But he can't avoid getting into trouble again.