Shell Film Unit Movies

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

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...

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

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.

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

A short documentary feature demonstrating the Blackburn Beverley aircraft on the ground and in flight.

A brief feature on the short SA-4 aircraft on the ground and in the air.

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

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

Short World War II documentary showing examples of how skilled craftsmen of peacetime apply their skills to essential wartime production.

Stereoscopic film produced for Shell.

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

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

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

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

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

A documentary looking at Britain's new diesel "Fell" 10,000 locomotive.