<P> During World War I, the building became home to the Ministry of Supply which co-ordinated supply of equipment to the national armed forces . It was also the home of the "Petroleum Board" which handled the distribution and rationing of petroleum products during the war . It was badly damaged by a bomb in 1940 . The building reverted to Shell - Mex and BP on 1 July 1948 with a number of floors remaining occupied by the Ministry of Aviation (latterly the Board of Trade, Civil Aviation Division) until the mid-1970s . During this time, until the department's move to the present location in Farnborough, the building was also the headquarters for the Air Accidents Investigation Branch...</P> <P> On 17 May 2006, The Times reported that the building was for sale and that the Indian - Kenyan Kandhari family were the front - runners in the battle to buy it from the present owners, Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz . They were said to have offered £ 530 million for the building, but were competing with other interested groups, including Menorah, the Israeli insurer, an Irish company, and several British companies . An offer believed to be £ 520 million ($1.02 billion) was made in December 2006 by Istithmar, the investment agency of the Dubai government, which withdrew their offer before completion . The property was subsequently sold in July 2007 to a fund managed by Westbrook Partners . </P> <P> In the final scene of the 2016 feature film Assassin's Creed, directed by Justin Kurzel, the hero Callum Lynch and two other surviving assassins stand astride Shell Mex House and survey London . </P>

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