Movies: Shell Film Unit

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

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

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

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

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 on the basic principles and applications of hydrostatics....

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

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 circuits of Europe....

A documentary investigating the science, aerodynamics and technologies involved in enabling aircraft to travel at speeds approaching or surpassing that of sound....

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

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated docu-drama that illustrates the fact that every individual working in any potentially hazardous situation is responsible for his own safety and for the safety of others....

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

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

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

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

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....

In this informative 1938 film, we explore the fundamental types of car suspension prevalent during that era. As a wheel glides along a road, it encounters bumps caused by uneven surfaces. To prevent incessant jolting, the wheels are securely attached...

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