Shell Film Unit Movies

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

A short introduction to Indian classical dancing.

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

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

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

A BAFTA award winning documentary. Locations for the film range from Alaska and the southwest of the USA to the Eastern woodlands. It depicts...

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

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated documentary reviewing the 1958 Alpine Rally.

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated documentary following the famous Italian motor race from April 26th, 1953.

A BAFTA award documentary about the threats of floods in Australia, the special water schemes devised and the forerunner of these projects, the Snowy...

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 looking at methods of increasing food production, including improved strains of crops, the use of pesticides, weedkillers and...

A documentary concerned with engineering projects connected with developing North Sea oilfields, specifically the Auk and Brent fields.

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

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