Shell Film Unit Movies

A BAFTA award nominated short feature studying river pollution in Europe and how it can be overcome by the treatment of urban and industrial wastes.

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

A short documentary looking at the science of life itself and at the international collaboration involved in it's study.

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

A historical documentary tracing the development of powered flight from early aviation pioneers to the postwar jet age, focusing on Britain’s...

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 documentary investigating the science, aerodynamics and technologies involved in enabling aircraft to travel at speeds approaching or surpassing...

Documentary highlights of the 1951 Monte Carlo Rally and its international competition.

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

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

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

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

A documentary record of the 1953 Mille Miglia, tracing the race across Italy from Brescia to Rome and back.

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

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

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.

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

Martial Dances of Malabar (1958) is a short documentary directed by Paul Zils, focusing on the traditional martial arts of the Malabar region in...

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 BAFTA award nominated documentary demonstrating how petrol burns in the engine under differing conditions.