Movies: Shell Film Unit

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 circuits of Europe....

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

A BAFTA award documentary about the threats of floods in Australia, the special water schemes devised and the forerunner of these projects, the Snowy Mountains scheme....

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

1958 Shell trade test film following the progress of the 1958 Alpine Cup rally across southern Europe. First showing: 22nd October 1959 (Experimental BBC London Local Tests). Final showing: 7th November 1968....

An introduction to the sport of flying model aircraft. Made with assistance of the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers....

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

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

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

A BAFTA award winning documentary. Locations for the film range from Alaska and the southwest of the USA to the Eastern woodlands. It depicts geologists, archaeologists, anthropologists and scientists from other disciplines piecing together the clues...

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 winning documentary on the basic principles and applications of hydrostatics....

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

A short introduction to Indian classical dancing....

A BAFTA award nominated docu-drama that illustrates the fact that every individual working in any potentially hazardous situation is responsible for his own safety and for the safety of others....

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

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

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

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