Shell Film Unit Movies

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

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

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

A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at bilharzia - a disease that affects some 200 million people worldwide.

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

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

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

The Shell Film Unit's free-enterprise history of technology.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short World War II documentary showing examples of how skilled craftsmen of peacetime apply their skills to essential wartime production.

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