Shell Oil Company Movies

All-puppet animation tells the story of how oil is formed through ages of geological change, how it is found, extracted and put to use by man.

Documentary on the first stage in oil exploration: the first drill.

In this film, Shell Oil situates its extractive process as an episode within geologic time, naturalizing its products even as it inspires wonder. It...

Documentary on the genesis of oil in the Earth's crust.

This Shell Film from 1953, "Oil The Invisible Traveler" looks at how petroleum is brought from producing regions to the market. It starts with the...

A movie by the Shell Oil Company traces the history of the development of the diesel engine from the Otto 'SILENT' gas engine of 1877.

Produced by George Pal, "Birth of An Oil Field" was directed by Duke Goldstone and released in 1949 by the Shell Oil Company. This film, part of a...