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What does a carved coconut shell have to do with one of the most deadly pirates in history? Dr Robert Blyth follows the story of Bartholomew Roberts, and the 'forgotten pirate hunter' Captain Chaloner Ogle
The art of piracy: imagining the world of Zheng Yi Sao
A series of illustrations by Livia Giorgina Carpineto brings the world of notorious pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao to life
A whistle for a life: surviving the Titanic tragedy
Meet steward Cecil and passenger Lillian, two young people whose fates intertwined during the sinking of the Titanic
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documentary artifact: bend
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A close view of the senior locksmith filing a key at his bench in the locksmiths' workshop in 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)
A close view of the senior locksmith filing a key in the locksmiths' workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard, while being filmed. (Colour transparency)
A close front view of the senior locksmith using calipers to measure a key at his bench in the locksmiths' workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop in Chatham Dockyard. (Colour transparency)
A cluttered corner of the spring making workshop in Number 5 Machine Shop 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)
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)
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)
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