From the archive record
Kashmiri farm workers separate the stamens of the Crocus sativus plant, sitting next to their hookah. The flower petals have little value but it is the high value stamens that are dried and turn into the super expensive much sought after saffron spice which grows in the Pampore valley of Srinagar. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 100, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing a