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Topical Budget 642-2: Don't Shiver! (1923)
 

Synopsis

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"Gathering the Ice Harvest for next Summer's Cooling Drinks".

Boat travels down passage cut through frozen river. Men on ice pushing squares of ice with poles and using poles as punts. Ice cut into large squares. Ice passing through cutting machinery. Blocks of ice go up conveyor belt then down runway pushed on by men with sticks. Men push ice at end of journey into large shed.