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When the RAF pilots returned home from the war
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Scotland from the Sky

When the RAF pilots returned homefrom the war, they were given a new mission

When the RAF pilots returned home
from the war, they were given a new mission

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When the RAF pilots returned home from the war,
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they were given a new mission.
Duration
7 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:01
Uploaded
Jun 29, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 On top of the earthen ramparts, - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
On top of the earthen ramparts,
S01 • E02 To make a photographic map of the whole of Scotland. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
To make a photographic map of the whole of Scotland.
S01 • E01 Everyone going north or south used to have to drive through Auchterarder. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
Everyone going north or south used to have to drive through ...
S01 • E03 There were three entrance gates, - Scotland from the Sky 00:08
There were three entrance gates,
S01 • E02 The same planes, pilots and photographers - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
The same planes, pilots and photographers
S01 • E01 Now it's by-passed by the A9, - Scotland from the Sky 00:10
Now it's by-passed by the A9,
S01 • E03 The area within the camp was subdivided into streets, - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
The area within the camp was subdivided into streets,
S01 • E02 But it was also mind-numbingly dull. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
But it was also mind-numbingly dull.
S01 • E03 And in the centre of the camp - an area where slaves were held, - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
And in the centre of the camp - an area where slaves were he...
S01 • E02 As one pilot wrote, "On each trip we would be allocated - Scotland from the Sky 00:09
As one pilot wrote, "On each trip we would be allocated
S01 • E01 Looking at the picture of central Perth now, it's very similar. - Scotland from the Sky 00:05
Looking at the picture of central Perth now, it's very ...
S01 • E02 "This was divided into ten runs, each three miles apart. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
"This was divided into ten runs, each three miles apart...
S01 • E03 When Murray Cooke excavated Kintore, - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
When Murray Cooke excavated Kintore,
S01 • E01 But across the city, away from the river, - Scotland from the Sky 00:12
But across the city, away from the river,
S01 • E02 "400 miles of staring at the ground through a bombsite. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
"400 miles of staring at the ground through a bombsite.
S01 • E03 When we dug here - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
When we dug here
S01 • E03 So these ovens, they're all different sizes, - Scotland from the Sky 00:16
So these ovens, they're all different sizes,
S01 • E02 "Tedious in the extreme." - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
"Tedious in the extreme."
S01 • E01 In 1930s Perth, the Pullar and Sons Dye Works - Scotland from the Sky 00:07
In 1930s Perth, the Pullar and Sons Dye Works
S01 • E02 In 500 flights they took nearly 300,000 photographs. - Scotland from the Sky 00:06
In 500 flights they took nearly 300,000 photographs.