Shell Film Unit Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A documentary featuring the Avro "Vulcan" jet aircraft on the ground and in flight.

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

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

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

Created in 1954 by the Shell Oil Company, "Proud Ships" was directed by Philip Armitage. Across and around the world from oilfields to refineries...

A BAFTA special award nominated documentary following the post-war construction of an immense oil refinery near Manchester in the UK.

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

The iconic 1954 Dutch TT, where the legendary English rider Geoff Duke stole the show with a historic victory in the 500cc category on an Italian...

A BAFTA award nominated documentary showing highlights from the Le Mans 24 hour race won by Mercedes-Benz.

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

A short introduction to Indian classical dancing.

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