Shell Film Unit Movies

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Highlights from the 1951 race from Monaco.

In this informative 1938 film, we explore the fundamental types of car suspension prevalent during that era. As a wheel glides along a road, it...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A BAFTA special award nominated documentary following the post-war construction of an immense oil refinery near Manchester in the UK.

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