Shell Film Unit Movies

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 tracing the history of paint and it's components from the paintings of the stone age to the the late 1960s.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at advances in the treatment of infectious diseases.

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

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 BAFTA award nominated abridged documentary depicting the issues facing engineers delivering high speed flight. It was initially made in three parts...

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

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

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 proportion...

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

A documentary concerned with engineering projects connected with developing North Sea oilfields, specifically the Auk and Brent fields.

A documentary featuring the Vickers "Valiant" aircraft in flight and on the ground.

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

Highlights from the 1950 Isle of Man motor cycle race won by Geoff Duke.

Follows the life cycle of the desert locust.

Britain's part in the emergence of air travel is followed from the Wright brothers to the De Havilland Comet.

An overview of the 1955 Belgian Grand Prix by Shell Oil. Watch the racing heroes of the 1950's conquer the tarmac in one of the picturesque racing ci...

BAFTA-nominated documentary about the history of Cornish pumping engines.

Surveys the history of cinematography and microphotography with many examples of the strides that have been taken in these fields. The history of the...

Stereoscopic film produced for Shell.