Shell Film Unit Movies

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...

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

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

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

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

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 BAFTA award nominated documentary tracing the development of the gear from the first recorded use in a crude form over two thousand years ago to...

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

A documentary feature explaining the principles of Schlieren photography, which makes any phenomenon that changes the refractive index of transparent...

Highlights from the 1949 British Formula One Grand Prix at Silverstone.

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

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

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

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

Stereoscopic film produced for Shell.

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.

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

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