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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def _download_file(url, local_filename):
    '''
    Utility function that downloads a chunked response from the specified url to a local path.
    This method is suitable for larger downloads.
    '''
    response = requests.get(url, stream=True)
    with open(local_filename, 'wb') as outfile:
        for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
            if chunk:  # filter out keep-alive new chunks
                outfile.write(chunk)