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The Royal Dutch/Shell Group was created in February 1907 when the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company (legal name in Dutch, N. V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij) and the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company Ltd merged their operations.
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company was a Dutch company founded in 1890 by Jean Kessler, along with Henri Deterding and Hugo Loudon, when a Royal charter was granted by Dutch queen Wilhelmina to a small oil exploration company known as "Royal Dutch."
The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company was a British company, founded in 1897 by Marcus Samuel and his brother Samuel Samuel.
In 1919, Shell took control of the Mexican Eagle Petroleum Company and in 1921 formed Shell-Mex Limited which marketed products under the "Shell" and "Eagle" brands in the United Kingdom. In 1931, Shell-Mex merged its UK marketing operations with those of British Petroleum to create Shell-Mex and BP Ltd [qv], a company that traded until the brands separated in 1975.
Through its Shell Film Unit [qv], Shell produced Shell Cinemagazine between 1938 and 1952. Its stories include, ‘MR. TEDHAM MAKES A WHEEL’ in Shell Cinemagazine No.3 of 1939, ‘THE GLASSBLOWER’ in No.15 of 1949 and ‘OFF THE BEATEN TRACK’ in No.20 of 1952.
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company was a Dutch company founded in 1890 by Jean Kessler, along with Henri Deterding and Hugo Loudon, when a Royal charter was granted by Dutch queen Wilhelmina to a small oil exploration company known as "Royal Dutch."
The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company was a British company, founded in 1897 by Marcus Samuel and his brother Samuel Samuel.
In 1919, Shell took control of the Mexican Eagle Petroleum Company and in 1921 formed Shell-Mex Limited which marketed products under the "Shell" and "Eagle" brands in the United Kingdom. In 1931, Shell-Mex merged its UK marketing operations with those of British Petroleum to create Shell-Mex and BP Ltd [qv], a company that traded until the brands separated in 1975.
Through its Shell Film Unit [qv], Shell produced Shell Cinemagazine between 1938 and 1952. Its stories include, ‘MR. TEDHAM MAKES A WHEEL’ in Shell Cinemagazine No.3 of 1939, ‘THE GLASSBLOWER’ in No.15 of 1949 and ‘OFF THE BEATEN TRACK’ in No.20 of 1952.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Petroleum; Accessed 18/5/2006: NoS Number 350393; Shell Cinemagazine Number 3; Date released 1939: NoS Number 349546; Shell Cinemagazine Number 15; Date released 1949: NoS Number 349969; Shell Cinemagazine Number 20; Date released 1952.
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