Below The Frost Line (1926)

No title. A story about ice. Man lights a Bunsen burner underneath a coil of metal. Dissolve into shot of a piece of tubing bent into a zig zag shape. “The heat in this thero-refrigerator produces intense cold!“ reads an intertitle. The metal is presumably heated then ice forms on the outside. C/U of ice being scraped off the device. Man collects some of the ice in a metal container. “Frost to some people means skating ice.“ M/S of a man in black (with devil’s horns but not very noticeable!) skating on an outdoor rink. “...and others still use ice to make other sorts of ice.“ C/U of a small shovel of ice being placed inside a revolving drum. M/S of a woman pouring a viscous liquid from a bowl into the machine. She then operates the hand turned machine which has rollers. Possibly an ice cream maker. C/U of stuff coming out of the machine into a metal container. The woman then scoops the mixture out into small boxes. To the left of the picture there are many hands reaching out for whatev
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