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Scotland from the Sky

The pilots and photographersrisked everything to bring their servicesto the army's top...

The pilots and photographers
risked everything to bring their services
to the army's top brass

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The pilots and photographers risked everything
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to bring their services to the army's top brass.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:11
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
Production
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 • E02 Simply because the exertion of climbing gets the blood pumping, - Scotland from the Sky 00:11
Simply because the exertion of climbing gets the blood pumpi...
S01 • E01 When the war ended, they saw their opportunity to bring their talents - Scotland from the Sky 00:08
When the war ended, they saw their opportunity to bring thei...
S01 • E02 The Tower was one of the highest spots in the whole of Edinburgh. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
The Tower was one of the highest spots in the whole of Edinb...
S01 • E03 I'm actually starting to enjoy myself. - Scotland from the Sky 00:04
I'm actually starting to enjoy myself.
S01 • E01 Here, a band of demob-happy wartime aviators came together - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
Here, a band of demob-happy wartime aviators came together
S01 • E02 And right at the very top was a Camera Obscura. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
And right at the very top was a Camera Obscura.
S01 • E03 The original trip above the Scottish Lowlands - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
The original trip above the Scottish Lowlands
S01 • E02 It's like a giant camera laid on its back with a mirror this size - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
It's like a giant camera laid on its back with a mirror...
S01 • E03 That's around £1,000 in today's money. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
That's around £1,000 in today's money.
S01 • E01 Aerofilms flew primitive aircraft - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
Aerofilms flew primitive aircraft
S01 • E02 It allowed the viewer to look down on the city - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
It allowed the viewer to look down on the city
S01 • E03 Crawford became the Sherlock Holmes of the skies. - Scotland from the Sky 00:04
Crawford became the Sherlock Holmes of the skies.
S01 • E01 Here at Tower Bridge, they captured a 1920s traffic jam. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
Here at Tower Bridge, they captured a 1920s traffic jam.
S01 • E02 It offered views in every direction, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
It offered views in every direction,
S01 • E03 ..technology revealing how the living shared the land with the dead... - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
..technology revealing how the living shared the land with t...
S01 • E02 Geddes like the view so much that he bought the tower, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
Geddes like the view so much that he bought the tower,
S01 • E01 Their cameras peered down on Buckingham Palace. - Scotland from the Sky 00:04
Their cameras peered down on Buckingham Palace.
S01 • E03 ..how ghosts are - in a sense - all around us, all of the time. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
..how ghosts are - in a sense - all around us, all of the ti...
S01 • E02 He was entranced by the high vantage it offered - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
He was entranced by the high vantage it offered
S01 • E01 They gatecrashed the rugby at Twickenham, - Scotland from the Sky 00:08
They gatecrashed the rugby at Twickenham,