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Scotland from the Sky

These huge concrete slabsfitted in perfectly with Robert Bruce's visionof the modern city

These huge concrete slabs
fitted in perfectly with Robert Bruce's vision
of the modern city

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These huge concrete slabs fitted in perfectly
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with Robert Bruce's vision of the modern city.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:44
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • E01 (BOTH LAUGH) - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
(BOTH LAUGH)
S01 • E02 Streets in the sky, not streets on the ground. - Scotland from the Sky 00:04
Streets in the sky, not streets on the ground.
S01 • E03 And they produced meticulously measured drawings like this one. - Scotland from the Sky 00:04
And they produced meticulously measured drawings like this o...
S01 • E01 But immediately after this they went for a swim - Scotland from the Sky 00:13
But immediately after this they went for a swim
S01 • E02 But Bruce had already resigned in disgust - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
But Bruce had already resigned in disgust
S01 • E03 They're a tiny bridge between the present and the past, - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
They're a tiny bridge between the present and the past,
S01 • E03 But while the drawings were incredibly detailed, - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
But while the drawings were incredibly detailed,
S01 • E02 In 1949, his proposal to demolish the city centre was dismissed - Scotland from the Sky 00:11
In 1949, his proposal to demolish the city centre was dismis...
S01 • E03 It's only when you look down at the scale of this earthwork - Scotland from the Sky 00:25
It's only when you look down at the scale of this earth...
S01 • E02 Instead, they ruled in favour of Patrick Abercrombie's New Town plan. - Scotland from the Sky 00:11
Instead, they ruled in favour of Patrick Abercrombie's ...
S01 • E01 In the early 1930s, in John Brown's Clydebank yard, - Scotland from the Sky 00:14
In the early 1930s, in John Brown's Clydebank yard,
S01 • E02 I'm going up - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
I'm going up
S01 • E01 Yet the shipyard workers and the people of the city - Scotland from the Sky 00:13
Yet the shipyard workers and the people of the city
S01 • E03 These hill forts were, in a sense, - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
These hill forts were, in a sense,
S01 • E03 They were the ones that first stamped the land with ownership, - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
They were the ones that first stamped the land with ownershi...
S01 • E02 Most of Scotland's new towns were built on green field sites. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
Most of Scotland's new towns were built on green field ...
S01 • E03 They began the creation of the modern world, - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
They began the creation of the modern world,
S01 • E02 Take this photograph from the summer of 1947. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
Take this photograph from the summer of 1947.
S01 • E01 The rudder at her stern strikes the water - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
The rudder at her stern strikes the water
S01 • E03 Far from the past being an empty and mysterious place, - Scotland from the Sky 00:14
Far from the past being an empty and mysterious place,