Shell Film Unit Movies

A documentary tracing the development of the helicopter from the original Da Vinci drawings to the modern versions actually in service in 1951.

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated documentary following the famous Italian motor race from April 26th, 1953.

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.

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

A BAFTA award nominated abridged documentary depicting the issues facing engineers delivering high speed flight. It was initially made in three parts...

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

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

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

A BAFTA special award nominated documentary following the post-war construction of an immense oil refinery near Manchester in the UK.

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

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

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 a day at Croydon Airport south of London.

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

A BAFTA special award nominated documentary examining the principles of cutting metal with power-driven tools.

A short introduction to Indian classical dancing.