Shell Film Unit

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 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.

The main industrial processes concerned with the shaping of metal under pressure.

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

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.

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.

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

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 proportions to create an efficient fuel for an engine.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 investigating the science, aerodynamics and technologies involved in enabling aircraft to travel at speeds approaching or surpassing that of sound.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary demonstrating how petrol burns in the engine under differing conditions.

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.

Stereoscopic film produced for Shell.