Roadside Blacksmiths in Meerut - 'King of all Trades'

From the archive record

Sitting outside a shed made of clay, a couple of Blacksmiths are making metal tubes and pipes from scratch. Watch how the metal is heated in the fireplace filled with burning coal and the molten metal beaten to give the shape of the pipe. Metallic construction materials, hammer, even frying pans or Tawa are made and sold outside the house. The entire family is seen outside the house with no mask although this is filmed during the semi lockdown of Corona Pandemic. Blacksmiths were a respected profession back in the day when utensils and weapons were made by band and manually. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest HD and 4K collection from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imager