Shell Film Unit Movies

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated docu-drama that illustrates the fact that every individual working in any potentially hazardous situation is responsible for...

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

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

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

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

The main industrial processes concerned with the shaping of metal under pressure.

A BAFTA award winning documentary. Locations for the film range from Alaska and the southwest of the USA to the Eastern woodlands. It depicts...

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

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 reviewing the 1958 Alpine Rally.

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

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

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

A BAFTA award nominated documentary following the work of supply ships to North Sea oil rigs. Described by members of the crew, it focusses on the...

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

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