Shell Film Unit Movies

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated looking at methods of increasing food production, including improved strains of crops, the use of pesticides, weedkillers and...

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

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated documentary following the work of supply ships to North Sea oil rigs. Described by members of the crew, it focusses on the dif...

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

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

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

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

A BAFTA award documentary about the threats of floods in Australia, the special water schemes devised and the forerunner of these projects, the Snowy...

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

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

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

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

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

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.