British Pathé

Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows how Londoners battled an unusual heat wave.

Reality Cat: A tabby cat is shown at the very end of this segment sitting up and licking an ice cream cone as the narrator comments, “Boy, that saved one of the nine lives!”

Final Mewsings: Cats know how to beat the heat!

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