Shell Film Unit Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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.

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

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...

BAFTA-nominated documentary about the history of Cornish pumping engines.

Surveys the history of cinematography and microphotography with many examples of the strides that have been taken in these fields. The history of the...

Stereoscopic film produced for Shell.

A short documentary feature demonstrating the Blackburn Beverley aircraft on the ground and in flight.

A documentary featuring the Avro "Vulcan" jet aircraft on the ground and in flight.