Movies: Shell Film Unit

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

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

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

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....

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

A BAFTA award nominated abridged documentary depicting the issues facing engineers delivering high speed flight. It was initially made in three parts in 1957....

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

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 sound....

A short introduction to Indian classical dancing....

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 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 its widespread use in many forms today....

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

Highlights from the 1950 Isle of Man motor cycle race won by Geoff Duke....

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

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

A BAFTA award winning documentary. Locations for the film range from Alaska and the southwest of the USA to the Eastern woodlands. It depicts geologists, archaeologists, anthropologists and scientists from other disciplines piecing together the clues...

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