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Scotland from the Sky

(RETRO FUNK MUSIC PLAYS) Britain was bakingin a long, stifling heatwave and suffering one...

(RETRO FUNK MUSIC PLAYS) Britain was baking
in a long, stifling heatwave and suffering one of the most
severe droughts ever recorded

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(RETRO FUNK MUSIC PLAYS)
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Britain was baking in a long, stifling heatwave
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and suffering one of the most severe droughts ever recorded.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:53
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 These undulations are what remain of British First World War trenches. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
These undulations are what remain of British First World War...
S01 • E02 They came to enjoy the bandstands, cafes, pavilions, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
They came to enjoy the bandstands, cafes, pavilions,
S01 • E01 You can see them snaking away through the long grass. - Scotland from the Sky 00:04
You can see them snaking away through the long grass.
S01 • E01 But this isn't The Somme, it's not Passchendaele, - Scotland from the Sky 00:08
But this isn't The Somme, it's not Passchendaele,
S01 • E02 The designer of its tower was the visionary modern architect, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
The designer of its tower was the visionary modern architect...
S01 • E03 But what was torture for office workers - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
But what was torture for office workers
S01 • E01 From above, the tooth-like outline of these trenches - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
From above, the tooth-like outline of these trenches
S01 • E02 For Tait, the future was a life lived high in the sky - Scotland from the Sky 00:12
For Tait, the future was a life lived high in the sky
S01 • E03 Under the relentless sun, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
Under the relentless sun,
S01 • E03 As the dry spell took hold, crops turned pale and parched. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
As the dry spell took hold, crops turned pale and parched.
S01 • E01 ..more than a century after they were dug - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
..more than a century after they were dug
S01 • E02 But this Scotland would take another few decades to arrive. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
But this Scotland would take another few decades to arrive.
S01 • E03 But the crops that grew above ancient earthworks - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
But the crops that grew above ancient earthworks
S01 • E01 Alan Kilpatrick has studied the deepest secrets of Belhaven Bay. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
Alan Kilpatrick has studied the deepest secrets of Belhaven ...
S01 • E02 When the exhibition closed, - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
When the exhibition closed,
S01 • E01 So, Alan, why were the British military digging trenches, - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
So, Alan, why were the British military digging trenches,
S01 • E02 Tait's tower had been built to last, designed as the first new icon - Scotland from the Sky 00:11
Tait's tower had been built to last, designed as the fi...
S01 • E03 (CLICK!) - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
(CLICK!)
S01 • E01 This is defined by the British as a site where invasion - Scotland from the Sky 00:08
This is defined by the British as a site where invasion
S01 • E02 It too was demolished - Scotland from the Sky 00:08
It too was demolished