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A film crew adjusting their equipment in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A film crew making a video of a locksmith working at his bench in the locksmiths' workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Filming a smith working at an Avery 15 cwt machine in the chain testing facility in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Two unidentified men sitting at desks in a small office in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the blade and bed of a Henry Berry & Co. Ltd. hydraulic press in one of the main bays in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith using a mobile oxy-acetylene torch in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith standing by an open furnace in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A small circular smelter on the ground in the west end of the north bay of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking west-north-west from the roof of No. 1 Boiler Shop showing the Nuclear Office Building in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
One of the smiths in the Firehearth Smiths' shop in the extension on the side of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A portrait of Mr. N. E. Ralph, Technical Supervisor of smiths, working in his office in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking down at the pavement outside the entrance doors of the C223 Chain Cable Test House on the west side Main Gate Road, north of Number 8 Slip, in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Medway House, the former Commissioner's House, on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
The transit area for the Centre Smith Section in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith using a S. Russell & Sons Ltd heavy duty metal sawing machine, Yard No. 1347, in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the pipe bending shop in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close detail view of a bolted cast iron cruciform truss supporting a corrugated plastic sheeting roof in the Ropery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith and a hammerman forging the foot of a stanchion in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the centre bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard, looking east from near the main double doors. (Colour transparency)
A small enclosed hearth with cooling trough against the north wall in the north-west corner of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of a very cluttered desk in the corner of a locksmith's office in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking north-west-by-west from north-west corner of the roof of No. 1 Boiler Shop showing cranes by Numbers 5 and 6 dry docks in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close-up view of ropes and chain fittings in the corner of a wire rope making shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Small hearths at the west end of the north bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
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