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Transfer of Skill (1940)
Short World War II documentary showing examples of how skilled craftsmen of peacetime apply their skills to essential wartime production.
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How the Motor Car Works (1967)
A BAFTA award nominated film made by Shell Films explaining the principles of the motor car engine.
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60
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The Machining of Metals (1952)
A BAFTA special award nominated documentary examining the principles of cutting metal with power-driven tools.
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60
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The Stanlow Story (1952)
A BAFTA special award nominated documentary following the post-war construction of an immense oil refinery near Manchester in the UK.
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60
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Airport (1934)
A documentary looking at a day at Croydon Airport south of London.
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10
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The Ruthless One (1956)
Follows the life cycle of the desert locust.
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10
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Powered Flight: The Story of the Century (1953)
A historical documentary tracing the development of powered flight from early aviation pioneers to the postwar jet age, focusing on Britain’s role in the evolution of air travel.
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10
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Belgian Grand Prix 1955 (1955)
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.
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60
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The Cornish Engine (1948)
BAFTA-nominated documentary about the history of Cornish pumping engines.
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10
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Model Flight (1951)
An introduction to the sport of flying model aircraft. Made with assistance of the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers.
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10
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Air Parade (1951)
A brief history of British aviation and the development of both civil and military aircraft. Made for the Festival of Britain.
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How to File (1941)
Listen up, apprentices! Learn how to smooth and shape metal – an important wartime skill.
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10
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A Light in Nature (1960)
A short documentary looking at the science of life itself and at the international collaboration involved in it's study.
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10
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The Revealing Eye (1960)
Surveys the history of cinematography and microphotography with many examples of the strides that have been taken in these fields. The history of the scientific study of motion through the cine-camera. High-speed, and time-lapse cinematography allied with X-ray and the microscope have made possible the study of movements and subjects which the normal eye cannot see. Experiments from 1890 to 1940, when it was possible to slow down the flight of a bullet so that one is seen tapping a piece of glass and passing through before the glass is shattered. Cinematography from space rockets. The use of colour photography in the schlieren technique. (from the ACMI website)
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10
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Northern Towers (1952)
Stereoscopic film produced for Shell.
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Forming of Metals (1957)
The main industrial processes concerned with the shaping of metal under pressure.
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10
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Beyond the Speed of Sound (1959)
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.
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Approaching the Speed of Sound (1957)
A documentary investigating the science, aerodynamics and technologies involved in enabling aircraft to travel at speeds approaching or surpassing that of sound.
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The History of the Helicopter (1952)
Following the birth of the helicopter, from the imagination of Leonardo da Vinci through the advent of helicopter technology in the early 1952.
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10
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Song of the Clouds (1957)
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.
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Transonic Flight (1957)
Part two in a three part documentary series looking at how supersonic flight might be achieved in the future.
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10
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Farnborough 1951 (1951)
Highlights from the 6th Farnborough Airshow in 1951.
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10
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The Blackburn Beverley (1953)
A short documentary feature demonstrating the Blackburn Beverley aircraft on the ground and in flight.
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10
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The Valiant (1952)
A documentary featuring the Vickers "Valiant" aircraft in flight and on the ground.
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10
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The Short SA4 (1952)
A brief feature on the short SA-4 aircraft on the ground and in the air.
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Isle of Man TT Races - 1950 (1950)
Highlights from the 1950 Isle of Man motor cycle race won by Geoff Duke.
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10
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Schlieren (1958)
A documentary feature explaining the principles of Schlieren photography, which makes any phenomenon that changes the refractive index of transparent substances visible.
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10
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The Avro Vulcan (1953)
A documentary featuring the Avro "Vulcan" jet aircraft on the ground and in flight.
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10
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The Fell Locomotive (1952)
A documentary looking at Britain's new diesel "Fell" 10,000 locomotive.
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10
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Lubricants for Nuclear Power Stations (1958)
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.
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10
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The Comet (1952)
A documentary demonstrating the De Havilland "Comet 1" jet airliner with it's four 'ghost' engines.
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10
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Belgian Grand Prix (1955)
Highlights of the Belgian Grand Prix from Spa-Francorchamps on June 5th, 1955.
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10
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Acting in Turn (1974)
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.
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10
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We Call it Petrol (1972)
A BAFTA award nominated documentary demonstrating how petrol burns in the engine under differing conditions.
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Paint (1967)
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.
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The Threat in Water (1968)
A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at bilharzia - a disease that affects some 200 million people worldwide.
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High Speed Flight (1960)
A BAFTA award nominated abridged documentary depicting the issues facing engineers delivering high speed flight. It was initially made in three parts in 1957.
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Coupe des Alpes: The Story of the 1958 Alpine Rally (1959)
1958 Shell trade test film following the progress of the 1958 Alpine Cup rally across southern Europe. First showing: 22nd October 1959 (Experimental BBC London Local Tests). Final showing: 7th November 1968.
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Unseen Enemies (1959)
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at advances in the treatment of infectious diseases.
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10
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Food or Famine (1962)
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.
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10
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The Forerunner (1958)
A BAFTA award documentary about the threats of floods in Australia, the special water schemes devised and the forerunner of these projects, the Snowy Mountains scheme.
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Mille Miglia (1953)
A documentary record of the 1953 Mille Miglia, tracing the race across Italy from Brescia to Rome and back.
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10
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Highlights of Farnborough 1952 (1952)
A BAFTA award nominated documentary showing highlights from the Farnborough International Air Show.
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Le Mans 1952 (1952)
A BAFTA award nominated documentary showing highlights from the Le Mans 24 hour race won by Mercedes-Benz.
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Shellarama (1965)
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.
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Atomization (1949)
A Shell-sponsored industrial science short examining the physics of liquid spray and dispersal, produced in the context of Shell’s research into insecticides and chemical application. Using high-speed cinematography to visualize droplet formation and breakup processes normally invisible to the human eye, the film presents atomization as both a scientific phenomenon and a practical industrial problem, aligning technical research methods with educational demonstration.
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Boat People (1961)
A Shell Film Unit short observing Hong Kong’s “boat people”—families living and working on the harbor—framed as a day-to-day study of a floating community and its relationship to the city.
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How An Airplane Flies (1947)
A six-part instructional film produced by the Shell Film Unit explaining the fundamentals of heavier-than-air flight through live-action aircraft footage, diagrams, and model demonstrations, covering lift, drag, thrust, equilibrium, stability, and control.


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