Log-in to add movie to favourites

Movie added to favourites

Movie removed from favourites

Scotland from the Sky

In an exhilarating mix of aviation adventure and historical detective work, presenter James Crawford takes to the skies to explore Scotland's cities, coasts and countryside.

Director

N/A

Year

Genre

Production

Clear Focus Movies

Awards

N/A

Cast information not available.

No reviews yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this movie

Explore 984 Clips

NARRATOR: Scotland is
a breathtakingly beautiful country. - Scotland from the Sky

NARRATOR: Scotland is a breathtakingly beautiful country.

Scotland is a breathtakingly
beautiful country. - Scotland from the Sky

Scotland is a breathtakingly beautiful country.

JAMES CRAWFORD: Scotland is a place - Scotland from the Sky

JAMES CRAWFORD: Scotland is a place

And no more so from the air. - Scotland from the Sky

And no more so from the air.

It boasts one of the most photogenic
landscapes in the world. - Scotland from the Sky

It boasts one of the most photogenic landscapes in the world...

A country that seems shaped
to be seen from the sky. - Scotland from the Sky

A country that seems shaped to be seen from the sky.

It boasts one of the most photogenic
landscapes in the world. - Scotland from the Sky

It boasts one of the most photogenic landscapes in the world...

No wonder
it's one of the most photographed. - Scotland from the Sky

No wonder it's one of the most photographed.

With our mountain glens,
and romantic lochs, - Scotland from the Sky

With our mountain glens, and romantic lochs,

For me, this is the best angle
on Scotland's magnificent scenery. - Scotland from the Sky

For me, this is the best angle on Scotland's magnificen...

Ever since the invention of flight, - Scotland from the Sky

Ever since the invention of flight,

But the view from above - Scotland from the Sky

But the view from above

Ever since the invention of flight,
photographers have taken to the air. - Scotland from the Sky

Ever since the invention of flight, photographers have taken...

They're a record
of how our countryside, our cities, - Scotland from the Sky

They're a record of how our countryside, our cities,

The view from above,
can offer a whole new angle - Scotland from the Sky

The view from above, can offer a whole new angle

Their photographs are a unique
window into our past, - Scotland from the Sky

Their photographs are a unique window into our past,

For more than a century, - Scotland from the Sky

For more than a century,

These photographs are an
extraordinary window into our past. - Scotland from the Sky

These photographs are an extraordinary window into our past.

The aerial view has transformed - Scotland from the Sky

The aerial view has transformed

They can take us back in time - Scotland from the Sky

They can take us back in time

For years I've worked
with thousands of these images. - Scotland from the Sky

For years I've worked with thousands of these images.

They've helped me discover just how
and why Scotland has changed. - Scotland from the Sky

They've helped me discover just how and why Scotland ha...

From the graceful design
of Edinburgh's New Town, - Scotland from the Sky

From the graceful design of Edinburgh's New Town,

..while whole communities have
vanished in the name of progress. - Scotland from the Sky

..while whole communities have vanished in the name of progr...

I can't believe
I'm about to say this, - Scotland from the Sky

I can't believe I'm about to say this,

I mean, could you imagine them
putting a motorway through - Scotland from the Sky

I mean, could you imagine them putting a motorway through

The view from above
can help us plan our future. - Scotland from the Sky

The view from above can help us plan our future.

(LAUGHS) - Scotland from the Sky

(CLICK!) - Scotland from the Sky

And it can unlock the secrets
of the present day, - Scotland from the Sky

And it can unlock the secrets of the present day,

And they can uncover secrets
buried right beneath our feet. - Scotland from the Sky

And they can uncover secrets buried right beneath our feet.

Did you realise
that where you're standing - Scotland from the Sky

Did you realise that where you're standing

From above, Scotland is beautiful, - Scotland from the Sky

From above, Scotland is beautiful,

From Roman camps - Scotland from the Sky

From Roman camps

Defining how we live our lives,
our homes, where we work, - Scotland from the Sky

Defining how we live our lives, our homes, where we work,

This is the story of
Scotland from the Sky. - Scotland from the Sky

This is the story of Scotland from the Sky.

This is the story of our
great cities from above. - Scotland from the Sky

This is the story of our great cities from above.

..this is the fascinating
and untold story - Scotland from the Sky

..this is the fascinating and untold story

This is the story of Scotland - Scotland from the Sky

This is the story of Scotland

For almost all of human history, - Scotland from the Sky

For almost all of human history,

This is the story
of Scotland from the sky. - Scotland from the Sky

This is the story of Scotland from the sky.

It was all very,
very straightforward. - Scotland from the Sky

It was all very, very straightforward.

It's a story we start here - Scotland from the Sky

It's a story we start here

(INDISTINCT WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST) - Scotland from the Sky

(INDISTINCT WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST)

And in Scotland, there
are plenty to choose from. - Scotland from the Sky

And in Scotland, there are plenty to choose from.

And I'm going to try
to float a camera - Scotland from the Sky

And I'm going to try to float a camera

Ben A'an, above Loch Katrine,
is a personal favourite. - Scotland from the Sky

Ben A'an, above Loch Katrine, is a personal favourite.

I've got my balloons,
I'm ready to reel them out, - Scotland from the Sky

I've got my balloons, I'm ready to reel them out,

I've come to Cumbernauld Airport
for a flight with a difference. - Scotland from the Sky

I've come to Cumbernauld Airport for a flight with a di...

Doesn't really matter how long
or how hard the climb is, - Scotland from the Sky

Doesn't really matter how long or how hard the climb is...

Bob Adam is a photographer - Scotland from the Sky

Bob Adam is a photographer

Just passing 200 feet now,
and we're gonna keep going. - Scotland from the Sky

Just passing 200 feet now, and we're gonna keep going.

Today, a Scottish hill
can be a day out, - Scotland from the Sky

Today, a Scottish hill can be a day out,

It's not the most comfortable flight
I've ever taken, - Scotland from the Sky

It's not the most comfortable flight I've ever tak...

Eighty years ago,
visitors to Bellahouston Park - Scotland from the Sky

Eighty years ago, visitors to Bellahouston Park

But go back in history
and it was far more than that. - Scotland from the Sky

But go back in history and it was far more than that.

Spring, summer, autumn or winter, - Scotland from the Sky

Spring, summer, autumn or winter,

In the Scotland of old,
lookouts would come to a place - Scotland from the Sky

In the Scotland of old, lookouts would come to a place

Between May and December 1938, - Scotland from the Sky

Between May and December 1938,

Roman surveyors would climb up here - Scotland from the Sky

Roman surveyors would climb up here

It's hard to believe today, - Scotland from the Sky

It's hard to believe today,

All incredibly useful,
but all entirely dependent - Scotland from the Sky

All incredibly useful, but all entirely dependent

(CLICK!) - Scotland from the Sky

And although nobody knew it
at the time, - Scotland from the Sky

And although nobody knew it at the time,

That all changed in the first years
of the 20th century. - Scotland from the Sky

That all changed in the first years of the 20th century.

..how we're constantly
transforming our landscape. - Scotland from the Sky

..how we're constantly transforming our landscape.

The magical combination of
powered flight and photography - Scotland from the Sky

The magical combination of powered flight and photography

Aerial photographers captured
the Park's dramatic transformation. - Scotland from the Sky

Aerial photographers captured the Park's dramatic trans...

(CLICK!) - Scotland from the Sky

Now the view from above could be seen
without the need for a hill - Scotland from the Sky

Now the view from above could be seen without the need for a...

The centrepiece of the exhibition
was this tower, - Scotland from the Sky

The centrepiece of the exhibition was this tower,

This was a technology
that would change how people - Scotland from the Sky

This was a technology that would change how people

It was dubbed the Tower of Empire, - Scotland from the Sky

It was dubbed the Tower of Empire,

The annual survey started
in the scorching summer of '76 - - Scotland from the Sky

The annual survey started in the scorching summer of '7...

But it was a technology born in
the most desperate of circumstances, - Scotland from the Sky

But it was a technology born in the most desperate of circum...

A staggering twelve million people
from around the world - Scotland from the Sky

A staggering twelve million people from around the world

(RETRO FUNK MUSIC PLAYS) - Scotland from the Sky

(RETRO FUNK MUSIC PLAYS)

These undulations are what remain
of British First World War trenches. - Scotland from the Sky

These undulations are what remain of British First World War...

They came to enjoy the bandstands,
cafes, pavilions, - Scotland from the Sky

They came to enjoy the bandstands, cafes, pavilions,

You can see them snaking away
through the long grass. - Scotland from the Sky

You can see them snaking away through the long grass.

But this isn't The Somme,
it's not Passchendaele, - Scotland from the Sky

But this isn't The Somme, it's not Passchendaele,

The designer of its tower
was the visionary modern architect, - Scotland from the Sky

The designer of its tower was the visionary modern architect...

But what was torture
for office workers - Scotland from the Sky

But what was torture for office workers

From above, the tooth-like
outline of these trenches - Scotland from the Sky

From above, the tooth-like outline of these trenches

For Tait, the future was a life
lived high in the sky - Scotland from the Sky

For Tait, the future was a life lived high in the sky

Under the relentless sun, - Scotland from the Sky

Under the relentless sun,

..more than a century
after they were dug - Scotland from the Sky

..more than a century after they were dug

As the dry spell took hold,
crops turned pale and parched. - Scotland from the Sky

As the dry spell took hold, crops turned pale and parched.

But this Scotland would take
another few decades to arrive. - Scotland from the Sky

But this Scotland would take another few decades to arrive.

But the crops that grew
above ancient earthworks - Scotland from the Sky

But the crops that grew above ancient earthworks

Scotland from the Sky poster

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

In an exhilarating mix of aviation adventure and historical detective work, presenter James Crawford takes to the skies to explore Scotland's cities, coasts and countryside.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: Clear Focus Movies

Genre:

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.9

BoxOffice:

Released: 16 May 2018

Awards: N/A

Homepage: