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

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

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

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

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated documentary tracing the history of paint and it's components from the paintings of the stone age to the the late 1960s.

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 documentary tracing the development of the gear from the first recorded use in a crude form over two thousand years ago to...

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

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

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

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

A short introduction to Indian classical dancing.

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

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 winning documentary on the basic principles and applications of hydrostatics.

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