Most Viewed From Shell Film Unit

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

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 nominated short feature studying river pollution in Europe and how it can be overcome by the treatment of urban and industrial wastes.

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

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

Highlights from the 1951 race from Monaco.

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

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

Geoffrey Bell’s Shell Film Unit short (produced by Arthur Elton) turns the history and physics of power transmission—from lever and...

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

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

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...

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

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

A BAFTA special award nominated documentary following the post-war construction of an immense oil refinery near Manchester in the UK.

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 showing highlights from the Farnborough International Air Show.

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

A BAFTA award nominated reworking of a 1957 documentary using models and animation to explain the need to mix air and petrol in the correct...

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