Shell Film Unit

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 encounters bumps caused by uneven surfaces. To prevent incessant jolting, the wheels are securely attached to the car using a system that allows for flexibility.

Highlights from the 6th Farnborough Airshow in 1951.

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

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

1958 Shell trade test film following the progress of the 1958 Alpine Cup rally across southern Europe. First showing: 22nd October 1959 (Experimental BBC London Local Tests). Final showing: 7th November 1968.

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

A historical documentary tracing the development of powered flight from early aviation pioneers to the postwar jet age, focusing on Britain’s role in the evolution of air travel.

A BAFTA award nominated docu-drama that illustrates the fact that every individual working in any potentially hazardous situation is responsible for his own safety and for the safety of others.

A BAFTA award winning documentary. Locations for the film range from Alaska and the southwest of the USA to the Eastern woodlands. It depicts geologists, archaeologists, anthropologists and scientists from other disciplines piecing together the clues to man's rise from ice age hunter to builder of complex societies more than 2000 years before Columbus set sail for the New World.

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

A documentary record of the 1949 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, documenting the race and the postwar revival of British motor racing.

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 Mountains scheme.

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

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 that have ensued.

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 abridged documentary depicting the issues facing engineers delivering high speed flight. It was initially made in three parts in 1957.

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