Shell Film Unit

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

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Highlights from the 1950 Isle of Man motor cycle race won by Geoff Duke.

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

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

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

A Shell-sponsored industrial science short examining the physics of liquid spray and dispersal, produced in the context of Shell’s research into insecticides and chemical application. Using high-speed cinematography to visualize droplet formation and breakup processes normally invisible to the human eye, the film presents atomization as both a scientific phenomenon and a practical industrial problem, aligning technical research methods with educational demonstration.

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

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

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.