Summary

b&w newsreel - no audio - Chicago, Illinois - heat wave - tenement buildings - tilt down people asleep on the fire escapes - people, children sleep on sidewalks - family asleep on fire escape in New York City - blocks or cakes of ice are placed on chute from ice barge to loading platform - then loaded onto wagons - m/l people buy ice from loading platforms - water sprayed on ghetto children from fire hose - boy sprays children - happy kids - weather