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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)
Three members of a film crew preparing their equipment in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Three smiths sitting near on open furnace inside the extension in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A B & S Massey Ltd steam hammer in one of the bays of Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A general view of Docks 2, 3 and 4, the Clock Tower Building and the Admiral's Offices on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard, taken from an elevated position on a crane adjoining No. 3 Slip Shed. (Colour transparency)
A film crew making a video of metal items being treated in the tank in the zinc galvanising shop in Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
The interior of the welding booth in the centre bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A general view of the Clock Tower Building and the Admiral's Offices on Main Gate Road in Chatham Dockyard, taken from an elevated position on a crane adjoining No. 3 Slip Shed. (Colour transparency)
A smith closing the lid of the peanut oil dipping tank in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (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)
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 general view of No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A close view of a new spring being put in the gas-fired Wild Barfield furnace in the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking west-south-west from the roof of No. 1 Boiler Shop showing the Factory and the covered slips in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Two men working in the zinc galvanising shop in Number 1 Boiler Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
Looking east in the south bay in No. 1 Smithery in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A smith operating the control lever of 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)
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)
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