Shell Film Unit

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

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.

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 to the car using a system that allows for flexibility.

A short introduction to Indian classical dancing.

Explore humanity’s timeless dream of winged flight in this documentary from 1938. While airplanes have conquered the skies, their roar has overshadowed the sheer beauty of soaring. Yet the human spirit persists, seeking escape on the wings of the wind through the adventure of gliding flight.

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 looking at a day at Croydon Airport south of London.

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

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

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

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

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

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 to man's rise from ice age hunter to builder of complex societies more than 2000 years before Columbus set sail for the New World.

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 difficulties posed by the unpredictable weather conditions.

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

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

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.

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

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