Shell Film Unit Movies

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

A documentary demonstrating the evolution of lubrication since Egyptian times and how modern machines have advanced.

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated documentary reviewing the 1958 Alpine Rally.

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 reworking of a 1957 documentary using models and animation to explain the need to mix air and petrol in the correct proportion...

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

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

Highlights from the 6th Farnborough Airshow in 1951.

A short introduction to Indian classical dancing.

Highlights of the Belgian Grand Prix from Spa-Francorchamps on June 5th, 1955.

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

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

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

A BAFTA award winning documentary. Locations for the film range from Alaska and the southwest of the USA to the Eastern woodlands. It depicts geologis...

Stereoscopic film produced for Shell.

Follows the life cycle of the desert locust.

Britain's part in the emergence of air travel is followed from the Wright brothers to the De Havilland Comet.

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 ci...