Shell Bitumen is 100

Title: Shell Bitumen centenary

Duration: 01:55 minutes

Description:

100 years of Shell Bitumen

Shell Bitumen centenary script

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Numbers count up from 0 to 100

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Sequence of historical footage of Shell Bitumen over the last 100 years

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100 years of Shell Bitumen.

What does it really mean?

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Two Shell employees in PPE are talking

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A CENTURY OF EXCELLENCE

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It means 100 years of experience

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A Shell employee’s hands feature in PPE pouring a black substance

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OVER 200 INVENTIONS PATENTED

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Time spent creating new solutions

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A motorbike wheel appears and then drives off

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DEVELOPED FIRST HIGH FRICTION SURFACING

SHELL GRIP

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An underwater water scene with the sun shining through the water

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INVENTED FIRST UNDERWATER ADHESIVE

SHELL TIXOPHALTE

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Pioneering innovations

And redefining what’s possible.

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A truck is driving down the road

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1 KM OF ROAD PAVED EVERY 3 MINUTES

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It means helping to pave enough roads every year to travel around

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Aerial view of a truck driving down the road, followed by another two different sequences of trucks driving down roads

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the world four and a half times

It means building connections

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Aerial view of car and crop harvester followed by a girl carrying a crate to a truck

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Access to resources

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Red ambulance travelling up winding remote road

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To remote places

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Two men wearing hi vis jackets looking at a mobile phone and talking in a truck

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To each other.

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Two Shell employees in PPE are talking

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It means understanding our customers and their needs

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Trucks driving on a bridge over the sea

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And providing a seamless, end-to-end service

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Bitumen in the process of being laid on a road alongside bitumen being laid on a roof

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THE WORLD’S LARGEST MARKETER OF BITUMEN

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It means a business you can depend on for quality and consistency.

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Shell employee in R&D laboratory, followed by another Shell employee in PPE standing by a road at dusk

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It means thousands can rely on us

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Child riding bicycle, followed by a father kissing his daughter on her forehead, followed by an F1 race pitstop scene

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So millions can rely on them.

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Lady gazing out of an airport window at an aeroplane at dusk followed by an aerial view of a M25 flyover

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M25, THE UK’S BUSIEST MOTORWAY

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It means a world ever richer with iconic landmarks,

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An aeroplane taking off from a runway

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SERVED OVER 120 AIRPORTS GLOBALLY

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Ways to bring us closer together

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F1 car driving down racetrack

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PAVED WORLD-CLASS RACETRACKS

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Monuments to human ingenuity.

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Hong Kong Zhuhai-Macau Bridge

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WORLD’S LONGEST SEA CROSSING BRIDGE

HONG KONG ZHUHAI-MACAU BRIDGE

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Creations recognisable not just for their size or stature

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A Shell employee in PPE talking on a walkie-talkie

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But for the integrity and diligence on which they were built.

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Car driving down road with wind turbines on both sides of the roads

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It means developing new, sustainable solutions.

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Aeroplane flying over a Frankfurt road sign at dusk

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LOW-TEMPERATURE BINDERS REDUCE ENERGY USE

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From low-temperature binders to longer-lasting surfaces.

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Aerial view of cars going around a traffic roundabout

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SHELL BITUMEN RC

CONSERVES NATURAL RESOURCES

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Using old roads to pave new ones,

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A large bubble floats through the air

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SHELL BITUMEN FRESHAIR

NEUTRALISES ODOURS, REDUCES IMPACT TO LOCAL AIR QUALITY

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And always finding new ways to further reduce our impact on the environment.

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Low-level close up view of a road

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What does 100 years of Shell Bitumen mean?

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High speed night time footage of motorway flyover

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It means being ready for change as the world evolves.

It means using our experience to embrace new challenges

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Lady gazing out at the horizon at dusk

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And it means that we, along with our partners,

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Aerial scene of motorway at dusk

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Are ready for tomorrow.

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Shell mnemonic

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