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Scotland from the Sky

Two centuries after William Roy, Scotland could once againbe viewed from above

Two centuries after William Roy, Scotland could once again
be viewed from above

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Two centuries after William Roy,
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Scotland could once again be viewed from above.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:16
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 • E03 Murray thinks St Joseph got it wrong - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
Murray thinks St Joseph got it wrong
S01 • E01 Today the factories have all gone, the railways have all gone, - Scotland from the Sky 00:08
Today the factories have all gone, the railways have all gon...
S01 • E02 Mosaic maps were stitched together, each one metre square, - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
Mosaic maps were stitched together, each one metre square,
S01 • E03 That's because a Roman source - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
That's because a Roman source
S01 • E01 Again, we're headed north, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
Again, we're headed north,
S01 • E02 Putting these mosaic maps together was painstaking work. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
Putting these mosaic maps together was painstaking work.
S01 • E03 We may never know the actual location of Mons Graupius, - Scotland from the Sky 00:14
We may never know the actual location of Mons Graupius,
S01 • E02 But what could be laid on top was the blueprint - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
But what could be laid on top was the blueprint
S01 • E01 The railway station and branch line - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
The railway station and branch line
S01 • E03 With his aerial photographs, - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
With his aerial photographs,
S01 • E02 And could we simply redesign the whole layout - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
And could we simply redesign the whole layout
S01 • E01 Blairgowrie was a town that was built around its mills. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
Blairgowrie was a town that was built around its mills.
S01 • E03 But in the early 1950s, - Scotland from the Sky 00:08
But in the early 1950s,
S01 • E02 This 1945 public information film - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
This 1945 public information film
S01 • E03 After the experience of wartime rationing, - Scotland from the Sky 00:13
After the experience of wartime rationing,
S01 • E01 Industries that once employed 1,500 people disappeared. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
Industries that once employed 1,500 people disappeared.
S01 • E02 MAN: A thousand feet in the air, - Scotland from the Sky 00:14
MAN: A thousand feet in the air,
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...