Aerial Journeys | Looking at the British landscape from the air
CHANNEL | BBC 2 FIRST BROADCAST | 28 February 1971 DURATION | 47
minutes 11 seconds With dramatic mountain ranges, great rivers
and natural resources, Wales has a landscape steeped in history
and lore, evidenced by its many megaliths, forts and castles,
which date back over 5,000 years. Its people are said to retain
characteristics from both ancient Britain and the Mediterranean.
Narrator Rene Cutforth was a foreign correspondent for the BBC,
reporting from some 74 countries on a diverse range of events
including the Korean War and the Dalai Lama's escape to India.
During the Second World War, Rene served in the Army and was
seconded to the Ministry of Information. He was wounded and
captured in North Africa, and taken as a prisoner of war to
Italy and Germany. Aerial photographers discuss their work from
the early 1900s onwards. The air ambulance of Renfrew is called
into action. News report on the first live television filming
from the air. Ray