Shell Film Unit Movies

A celebration of Shell Petroleum, tracing its manufacture from discovery in oil fields to its eventual use as fuel for modern living across the globe.

Highlights from the 1949 British Formula One Grand Prix at Silverstone.

In this informative 1938 film, we explore the fundamental types of car suspension prevalent during that era. As a wheel glides along a road, it...

A documentary looking at a day at Croydon Airport south of London.

Highlights of the Belgian Grand Prix from Spa-Francorchamps on June 5th, 1955.

A documentary looking at how truly international air travel (and transportation) has become and at the benefits in trade, medicine and communications...

A documentary demonstrating the evolution of lubrication since Egyptian times and how modern machines have advanced.

A British documentary on tunneling if a building falls in ruins.

A BAFTA award documentary about the threats of floods in Australia, the special water schemes devised and the forerunner of these projects, the Snowy...

A short introduction to Indian classical dancing.

A BAFTA award nominated reworking of a 1957 documentary using models and animation to explain the need to mix air and petrol in the correct...

A BAFTA award nominated documentary tracing the history of paint and it's components from the paintings of the stone age to the the late 1960s.

Highlights from the 6th Farnborough Airshow in 1951.

Part two in a three part documentary series looking at how supersonic flight might be achieved in the future.

A brief history of British aviation and the development of both civil and military aircraft. Made for the Festival of Britain.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary following the work of supply ships to North Sea oil rigs. Described by members of the crew, it focusses on the...

A BAFTA award winning documentary on the basic principles and applications of hydrostatics.

A documentary demonstrating the De Havilland "Comet 1" jet airliner with it's four 'ghost' engines.

Follows the life cycle of the desert locust.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary following the famous Italian motor race from April 26th, 1953.