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Aerial Journeys

Inspired by the television series Britain From Above, this collection brings together highlights from over 60 years of broadcasting from the air, narrated by some distinguished personalities. Dating from 1949, it includes the test footage of the first live aerial broadcast and samples of the first major television series filmed entirely from the air. Included are also other ways the 大象传媒 has taken to the skies over the years, from hot-air balloon to RAF jet.

Air Ambulance — Television Newsreel, 03/01/1949

Captains Appleby and Barclay receive a phone call for an air ambulance.
Operation Pegasus — Television Newsreel, 29/09/1950

Newsreel reports on the first 大象传媒 attempt to film Britain aerially.
Car Engined Plane Wins Air Race — Television Newsreel, 24/09/1951

Cameraman Cyril Page climbs aboard a Percival Proctor to give a pilot's view of the race.
Television Goes Flying — Television Goes Flying, Episode 1

The first of two experimental broadcasts from a Vickers Varsity in flight over Norfolk.
The Englishman's Home — Bird's Eye View

Sir John Betjeman narrates a helicopter trip over some of Britain's extraordinary houses.

Release date:
05 Apr 1969
Man on the Move — Bird's Eye View

Aerial views of mankind's various modes of transport through the ages. (1969)

Release date:
25 May 1969
A Green and Pleasant Land — Bird's Eye View

What were the implications for a countryside under constant threat of development? (1969)

Release date:
22 Jun 1969
Beside the Seaside — Bird's Eye View

Britain's seaside pastime, viewed from the air. (1969)

Release date:
25 Dec 1969
Maps — Tomorrow's World, Series 6, 18/12/1970

Raymond Baxter reports on how maps are corrected and updated using aerial photography.
From Bishop Rock to Muckle Flugga — Bird's Eye View

An aerial journey from the South West of England to the North Shetland Isles. (1970)

Release date:
25 Dec 1970
Wales: The Western Stronghold — Bird's Eye View

Rene Cutforth takes a helicopter journey from Llandudno to Castell Coch, Wales. (1971)

Release date:
28 Feb 1971
The Red Arrows — Go With Noakes, Series 1

John Noakes meets members of the famous aerial stunt team, the Red Arrows. (1976)

Release date:
11 Apr 1976
Digging from the Air — Chronicle

Britain's ancient past is investigated from the air using aerial photography. (1979)

Release date:
01 Jun 1979
After the Ice — The Living Isles

A natural history programme on Ice Age Britain. (1986)

Release date:
05 Jan 1986
Round Britain Whizz — Q.E.D., Series 7

Britain's coastline as you've never seen it before. (1986)

Release date:
19 Feb 1986
Rally in The Sky 2: From the Dales to Flamborough Head — Coast to Coast

Six intrepid teams race their microlights across the roof of England. (1987)

Release date:
23 Jan 1987