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.

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

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

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.

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

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 British documentary on tunneling if a building falls in ruins.

The main industrial processes concerned with the shaping of metal under pressure.

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

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

A BAFTA award winning documentary. Locations for the film range from Alaska and the southwest of the USA to the Eastern woodlands. It depicts...

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

Documentary highlights of the 1951 Monte Carlo Rally and its international competition.

A short documentary looking at the science of life itself and at the international collaboration involved in it's study.

A documentary record of the 1953 Mille Miglia, tracing the race across Italy from Brescia to Rome and back.

Highlights from the 6th Farnborough Airshow in 1951.

A historical documentary tracing the development of powered flight from early aviation pioneers to the postwar jet age, focusing on Britain’s...

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