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Scotland from the Sky

"Look down, and judge for yourself." The architects of the past didn'tbuild for men, they...

"Look down, and judge for yourself." The architects of the past didn't
build for men, they built for money

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"Look down, and judge for yourself."
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The architects of the past didn't build for men, they built for money.
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10 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:21:15
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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Clear Focus Movies

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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 Start in Auchterarder, heading to Perth, onto Blairgowrie. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
Start in Auchterarder, heading to Perth, onto Blairgowrie.
S01 • E02 Le Corbusier thought he saw a terrible truth, - Scotland from the Sky 00:08
Le Corbusier thought he saw a terrible truth,
S01 • E01 First, to get a sense of how Aerofilms operated, - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
First, to get a sense of how Aerofilms operated,
S01 • E03 Doctor Murray Cooke led the archaeological dig of the camp - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
Doctor Murray Cooke led the archaeological dig of the camp
S01 • E02 "Cities with their misery must be torn down," he said. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
"Cities with their misery must be torn down," he s...
S01 • E03 So, Murray, you've brought a map with you - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
So, Murray, you've brought a map with you
S01 • E02 "They must be largely destroyed, fresh cities built." - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
"They must be largely destroyed, fresh cities built.&qu...
S01 • E01 But also to use their photographs of 1930s Perthshire - Scotland from the Sky 00:08
But also to use their photographs of 1930s Perthshire
S01 • E02 This God's eye view transformed Le Corbusier's thoughts - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
This God's eye view transformed Le Corbusier's tho...
S01 • E03 Oh, yeah, I mean, the camp, which is a fairly standard one, - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
Oh, yeah, I mean, the camp, which is a fairly standard one,
S01 • E03 We are standing just here. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
We are standing just here.
S01 • E01 I'll be working closely with pilot David Blane... - Scotland from the Sky 00:04
I'll be working closely with pilot David Blane...
S01 • E02 And, like Thomas Tait, he favoured building high. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
And, like Thomas Tait, he favoured building high.
S01 • E01 ..and aerial photographer Peter Jones to match up old and new images. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
..and aerial photographer Peter Jones to match up old and ne...
S01 • E03 The whole camp is orientated north, 'cause that's the attack. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
The whole camp is orientated north, 'cause that's ...
S01 • E02 For Le Corbusier's Scottish disciples, - Scotland from the Sky 00:08
For Le Corbusier's Scottish disciples,
S01 • E03 Imagine at least 60 of these - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
Imagine at least 60 of these
S01 • E01 It takes a few moments to get ourselves lined up - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
It takes a few moments to get ourselves lined up
S01 • E03 60 times this area, - Scotland from the Sky 00:14
60 times this area,
S01 • E02 But as Europe went to war in 1939, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
But as Europe went to war in 1939,