Shell Film Unit Movies

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

A BAFTA award nominated documentary showing highlights from the Farnborough International Air Show.

A documentary feature explaining the principles of Schlieren photography, which makes any phenomenon that changes the refractive index of transparent...

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

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

A documentary demonstrating the De Havilland "Comet 1" jet airliner with it's four 'ghost' engines.

A brief feature on the short SA-4 aircraft on the ground and in the air.

A documentary featuring the Vickers "Valiant" aircraft in flight and on the ground.

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.

Short World War II documentary showing examples of how skilled craftsmen of peacetime apply their skills to essential wartime production.

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated abridged documentary depicting the issues facing engineers delivering high speed flight. It was initially made in three parts...

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated documentary following the work of supply ships to North Sea oil rigs. Described by members of the crew, it focusses on the...

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

A short documentary feature demonstrating the Blackburn Beverley aircraft on the ground and in flight.

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