Movies: Shell Film Unit

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

The Shell Film Unit's free-enterprise history of technology....

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

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 circuits of Europe....

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....

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

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....

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

A documentary tracing the development of the helicopter from the original Da Vinci drawings to the modern versions actually in service in 1951....

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

A documentary looking at Britain's new diesel "Fell" 10,000 locomotive....

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

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

A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at bilharzia - a disease that affects some 200 million people worldwide....

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

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....

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

A BAFTA special award nominated documentary examining the principles of cutting metal with power-driven tools....

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