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A smith standing by an open furnace in the spring making 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)
A mooring party on board a workboat in a basin in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
A close-up view of a framed warning cartoon on a bench in the chain testing facility in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking east-by-north across the site of No. 2 Smithery to the west facade of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A film crew preparing for the next filming session near the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop 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 film crew working in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Filming a smith standing in the chain testing facility in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A film crew setting up in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Filming a smith at work in the chain testing facility in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
The presenter and a film crew working in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A film crew adjusting their equipment in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Pieter van der Merwe making a video of a locksmith in his workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant view of a film crew working in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith and a hammerman forging a large square billet using an heavy duty B & S Massey steam hammer in Number 5 Machine Shop 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)
Pieter van der Merwe making a video of locksmiths in their workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A film crew setting up in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Filming a smith making a new spring at his bench in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Two members of a film crew and the senior locksmith in the locksmiths' workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
An head and shoulders portrait of Pieter van der Merwe during filming of the chain pit in the chain testing facility in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Filming a smith at work in the chain testing facility in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A film crew on the site of No. 2 Smithery filming the west facade of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
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