Synopsis
During the RAF's post-war photographic mapping project, they would take two pictures from slightly different angles and if side-lined within a stereoscope, a 3D image is created for the viewer.
- Programme: Scotland from the Sky
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- Episode: 3
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2021
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