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Scotland from the Sky

A thousand feet in the air, looking down on a city of congestedbuildings and narrow...

MAN: A thousand feet in the air, looking down on a city of congested
buildings and narrow roads, rent with railway viaducts and ships which load and unload at the
very heart of the city's gates

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MAN: A thousand feet in the air,
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looking down on a city of congested buildings and narrow roads,
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rent with railway viaducts and ships
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which load and unload at the very heart of the city's gates.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:13
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 Just one short flight, armed with a handful of old photographs, - Scotland from the Sky 00:13
Just one short flight, armed with a handful of old photograp...
S01 • E03 Huge areas of the country were to go under the plough, - Scotland from the Sky 00:13
Huge areas of the country were to go under the plough,
S01 • E02 Down there a great population living under outmoded conditions, - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
Down there a great population living under outmoded conditio...
S01 • E01 Our final destination is Blair Castle... - Scotland from the Sky 00:04
Our final destination is Blair Castle...
S01 • E03 The pace and scale of change spurred one man into action. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
The pace and scale of change spurred one man into action.
S01 • E02 Nowhere else in Europe was as densely populated as this. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
Nowhere else in Europe was as densely populated as this.
S01 • E01 ..the official home of the Duke of Atholl, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
..the official home of the Duke of Atholl,
S01 • E03 Kenneth Steer had returned from the war - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
Kenneth Steer had returned from the war
S01 • E03 He was convinced that there were thousands of monuments, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
He was convinced that there were thousands of monuments,
S01 • E01 The castle was photographed by Aerofilms in 1933. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
The castle was photographed by Aerofilms in 1933.
S01 • E02 Planners needed to think fast, and they needed to think big. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
Planners needed to think fast, and they needed to think big.
S01 • E03 But how was his poorly funded team of four men and one woman - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
But how was his poorly funded team of four men and one woman
S01 • E01 Just three years later, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
Just three years later,
S01 • E02 In the end, two vastly different visions for the city's future, - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
In the end, two vastly different visions for the city's...
S01 • E01 A landmark moment for Scotland's growing tourist industry. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
A landmark moment for Scotland's growing tourist indust...
S01 • E03 Steer knew he had to persuade the government - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
Steer knew he had to persuade the government
S01 • E02 The most radical was contained in this document, - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
The most radical was contained in this document,
S01 • E03 ARCHIVE VOICEOVER: The Aston takes off - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
ARCHIVE VOICEOVER: The Aston takes off
S01 • E01 I've landed in the grounds of the castle - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
I've landed in the grounds of the castle
S01 • E03 In this plane, the aerial surveyor's task - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
In this plane, the aerial surveyor's task