Shell Film Unit Movies

Stereoscopic film produced for Shell.

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.

A documentary record of the 1953 Mille Miglia, tracing the race across Italy from Brescia to Rome and back.

Highlights from the 6th Farnborough Airshow in 1951.

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

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

Part two in a three part documentary series looking at how supersonic flight might be achieved in the future.

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 British documentary on tunneling if a building falls in ruins.

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

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

An introduction to Indian classical dance, presenting regional traditions and their religious and cultural foundations.

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

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 showing highlights from the Farnborough International Air Show.

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

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

A documentary looking at how truly international air travel (and transportation) has become and at the benefits in trade, medicine and communications...