(atmospheric music) When you look at that building over there, you're looking at a barn...
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(atmospheric music) When you look at that building over there, you're looking at a barn full of tractors and farm machinery, but, actually, that's not a barn at all, that's a wartime hangar built in 1942, specifically to run glider operations from here, this airfield at Tarrant Rushton
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(atmospheric music)
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When you look at that building over there,
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you're looking at a barn full of tractors
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and farm machinery, but, actually, that's not a barn at all,
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that's a wartime hangar built in 1942,
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specifically to run glider operations from here,
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this airfield at Tarrant Rushton.
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Movie Summary
During World War II, the British built or reinforced a series of structures consisting of over 26,000 buildings to form a line of defence against an expected German invasion. Rob Bell travels around the UK to learn their secrets.
