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An open storage area for mobile cranes in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Pieter van der Merwe, the cameraman, and the presenter, believed to be Fred Beckwith, chief foreman of the smiths, in an office or rest room in Chatham Dockyard viewing the video they have made of No. 1 Smithery. (Colour transparency)
A smith and two hammermen forging a stanchion in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Four smiths using a B & S Massey medium duty drop forge steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Two men working in the zinc galvanising shop in Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Small hearths in the north-western corner of the north bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of a man operating an electric overhead traveller to lift six newly coated spikes out of the tank in the zinc galvanising shop in Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A film crew working in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the Master Smith's cabin at the west end of the centre bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A distant view of HMS Pembroke Sailing Club House and Storehouses 101, 102, 104 and 105 on Anchor Wharf in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the Master Smith's cabin at the west end of the centre bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the extension in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Inside the north bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith making a chain at his bench in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Two machines in the side extension to Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
The east end of the centre bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
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)
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