Shell Film Unit Movies

Stereoscopic film produced for Shell.

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

A documentary record of the 1953 Mille Miglia, tracing the race across Italy from Brescia to Rome and back.

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

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

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.

Highlights from the 6th Farnborough Airshow in 1951.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Documentary highlights of the 1951 Monte Carlo Rally and its international competition.

An introduction to Indian classical dance, presenting regional traditions and their religious and cultural foundations.