Shell Film Unit Movies

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...

A BAFTA award nominated docu-drama that illustrates the fact that every individual working in any potentially hazardous situation is responsible for...

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

1958 Shell trade test film following the progress of the 1958 Alpine Cup rally across southern Europe. First showing: 22nd October 1959 ...

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

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

A short introduction to Indian classical dancing.

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 demonstrating how petrol burns in the engine under differing conditions.

A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at bilharzia - a disease that affects some 200 million people worldwide.

A documentary looking at the construction of the sphere to contain a nuclear reactor. The research programme carried out at the Thornton Research...

A documentary tracing the development of the helicopter from the original Da Vinci drawings to the modern versions actually in service in 1951.

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

Listen up, apprentices! Learn how to smooth and shape metal – an important wartime skill.

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

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

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

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

This final in the three part documentary series looks at the capabilities of modern commercial aircraft to regularly travel faster than the speed of...