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.

Color documentary with music by Waldo de los Ríos about the tourist landscapes of Argentina.

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

Highlights from the 6th Farnborough Airshow in 1951.

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

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

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

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

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

A documentary featuring the Vickers "Valiant" aircraft in flight and on the ground.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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