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Scotland from the Sky

As one pilot wrote, "On each tripwe would be allocated "a block of land forty miles longby...

As one pilot wrote, "On each trip
we would be allocated "a block of land forty miles long
by thirty miles wide

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As one pilot wrote, "On each trip we would be allocated
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"a block of land forty miles long by thirty miles wide.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:37
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
Production
Clear Focus Movies

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Movie Summary

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.
S01 • E01 Looking at the picture of central Perth now, it's very similar. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
Looking at the picture of central Perth now, it's very ...
S01 • E02 "This was divided into ten runs, each three miles apart. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
"This was divided into ten runs, each three miles apart...
S01 • E03 When Murray Cooke excavated Kintore, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
When Murray Cooke excavated Kintore,
S01 • E01 But across the city, away from the river, - Scotland from the Sky 00:12
But across the city, away from the river,
S01 • E02 "400 miles of staring at the ground through a bombsite. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
"400 miles of staring at the ground through a bombsite.
S01 • E03 When we dug here - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
When we dug here
S01 • E03 So these ovens, they're all different sizes, - Scotland from the Sky 00:16
So these ovens, they're all different sizes,
S01 • E02 "Tedious in the extreme." - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
"Tedious in the extreme."
S01 • E01 In 1930s Perth, the Pullar and Sons Dye Works - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
In 1930s Perth, the Pullar and Sons Dye Works
S01 • E02 In 500 flights they took nearly 300,000 photographs. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
In 500 flights they took nearly 300,000 photographs.
S01 • E02 Their work effectively took planners into the sky. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
Their work effectively took planners into the sky.
S01 • E01 2,000 people laundered and dyed fabrics arriving on trains - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
2,000 people laundered and dyed fabrics arriving on trains
S01 • E03 So all these traditions, all these international voices, - Scotland from the Sky 00:08
So all these traditions, all these international voices,
S01 • E02 Two centuries after William Roy, - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
Two centuries after William Roy,
S01 • E03 Murray thinks St Joseph got it wrong - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
Murray thinks St Joseph got it wrong
S01 • E01 Today the factories have all gone, the railways have all gone, - Scotland from the Sky 00:08
Today the factories have all gone, the railways have all gon...
S01 • E02 Mosaic maps were stitched together, each one metre square, - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
Mosaic maps were stitched together, each one metre square,
S01 • E03 That's because a Roman source - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
That's because a Roman source
S01 • E01 Again, we're headed north, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
Again, we're headed north,
S01 • E02 Putting these mosaic maps together was painstaking work. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
Putting these mosaic maps together was painstaking work.