Duration: 29'21''
Comparing footage of Britain's industrial landscape in the 1940s with today.
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2: The City | Britain from Above
Comparing exhaustive footage of London in the 40s with the city of today.
3: Man Made Britain | Britain from Above
Andrew Marr discovers how some of Britain's greenest landscapes were shaped by humans.
4: The Land | Britain from Above
Comparing exhaustive footage of East Anglia in the 1940s with the countryside of today.
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