Most Viewed From Shell Film Unit

1958 Shell trade test film following the progress of the 1958 Alpine Cup rally across southern Europe. First showing: 22nd October 1959 ...

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

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

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

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

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

A documentary looking at the construction of the sphere to contain a nuclear reactor. The research programme carried out at the Thornton Research...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A documentary featuring the Avro "Vulcan" jet aircraft on the ground and in flight.

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