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2026-05-20

[Video] Song of the Clouds - Air Travel in 1956 | Shell Historical Film Archive | Extended 4K Documentary

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Song of the Clouds - Air Travel in 1956 | Shell Historical Film Archive | Extended 4K Documentary
Explore the 1956 world of air travel, a mere five decades after the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903.
A 4K Upscaled and restored historical aviation documentary.

Credit and a special thank you to: Aircraft & Air Travel | Shell Film Unit - Historic Archive. Check out their historical collection at:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEPIVJVCFQH2hoYONdHiQlVrvYQ-k4Xay

#Shell #ShellFilmUnit #HistoricFilmArchive #Documentary #History #AirTravel #50s #Airplane

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Shell Historical Film Archive

Shell’s surprising and captivating Historic Film Archive dates from 1934 and covers various topics from technology, science, and engineering to craftsmanship, motorsport, and travelogue.

The Shell Film Unit, responsible for the content, was a highly celebrated part of Britain’s Documentary Movement. Key figures from that movement were involved, including Jack Beddington, Edgar Anstey, Arthur Elton, John Grierson, Kay Mander, Stuart Legg, and Douglas Gordon.

Its films were wide-reaching, often screened in cinemas and through the non-theatric film distribution circuit, which brought the film to educational establishments and organizations across the UK. While many films covered technological themes related to Shell’s activities, others were entirely unrelated and served purely to educate the general public.

As Shell innovated in technologies that would provide oil and gas products for the world, the Shell Film Unit also innovated in the technological advancement of film, incorporating graphics and different forms of animation as early as the 1930s.

During WW2 the Shell Film Unit was co-opted into the war effort, making films for the Ministry of Information’s film division. Its prowess in technological documentary suited the MoI’s need for technical training films.

While the name and the medium has changed many times over the years, the documentary tradition lives on at Shell. Its contemporary film team is part of Shell’s multi-disciplinary in-house agency, Creative Solutions. It continues making award-winning factual content that informs and educates the public, now usually released on social media platforms.

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[sourse.eu] Press Release - Flying for Europe's energy security : a new market for aviation operators

Forwarded message - From: Agnella Palffy 


Hello, 

Flying for Europe’s energy security - this is the opportunity now open for SPO operators and aerial mapping companies.

Thousands of kilometres of pipelines across Europe and beyond need to be monitored regularly from the air.
Sourse, a Belgian Earth Intelligence company, has built Horizon - a digital monitoring platform that turns every overflight into actionable intelligence for pipeline operators.
Aviation partners equip their aircraft with Vaynor, Sourse’s embedded sensor fitted in minutes, and fly the corridors. 

Why this is relevant for your readers :

  • A new stable B2B revenue stream for SPO and mapping operators
  • A growing market driven by tightening EU regulations on critical infrastructure monitoring
  • No change to core operations - just an additional mission type

The full press release is attached.
Julien Losseau, CEO of Sourse, is available for interview.

Please feel free to reach out for any further information.

Kind regards,



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Agnella Palffy
Marketing & Communication Manager

m: +32 491 16 91 83
e: a.palffy@sourse.eu 

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  • Petite restauration – kleine restauratie
  • Re-enactment

 

Adulte/volwassenen 9 Euro Enfants/kinderen – 12 ans : gratuit/gratis 


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