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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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.

Highlights from the 6th Farnborough Airshow in 1951.

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

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

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

Stereoscopic film produced for Shell.

Highlights from the 1950 Isle of Man motor cycle race won by Geoff Duke.