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Scotland from the Sky

They're a tiny bridgebetween the present and the past, a kind of conversationwith our...

They're a tiny bridge
between the present and the past, a kind of conversation
with our ancestors

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They're a tiny bridge between the present and the past,
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a kind of conversation with our ancestors.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:57
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 • 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 • 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 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 • 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,
S01 • E02 In the distance, a small village, - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
In the distance, a small village,
S01 • E01 The Mary was launched in September 1934. - Scotland from the Sky 00:04
The Mary was launched in September 1934.
S01 • E03 Without the work of Steer and his team, - Scotland from the Sky 00:14
Without the work of Steer and his team,
S01 • E01 She slid into the Clyde just over there - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
She slid into the Clyde just over there
S01 • E02 Buried a few years later beneath Scotland's first New Town, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
Buried a few years later beneath Scotland's first New T...
S01 • E01 She was so large, 1,020 feet long, - Scotland from the Sky 00:11
She was so large, 1,020 feet long,