1930’s EDUCATIONAL FILM “MEXICAN ARTS & CRAFTS: COPPER AND SILVER” MEXICO SILVERSMITH 14434

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This film is presented by Pictorial Films Inc (:17) and dates to the late 1930s or early 1940s. The film shows Santa Clara del Cobre in Michoacán, Mexico, focusing on the culture and craft of copper and silver artisans. Traditional metal working in Mexico dates back to the Mesoamerican period. The film opens with images of copper plates and silver (:35). The film turns to the village of Santa Clara (1:13) to show copper scrapings being used to make pots and pans. Scrap is melted down over wooden fires (1:21) and formed into flat disks which will be pounded down (1:30). In order to keep the copper soft and pliable, heat must be consistently applied (2:25). The rim of a pot is smoothed down (2:38). Wire is ins