Where To Stream Britain from Above Season 1 Episode 6
The Industrial Landscape
- Aired August 24, 2008
- 30 Min
The story of how Britain's industrial heartlands have been transformed in the space of a single lifetime. In 1939, the Luftwaffe secretly photographed the backbone of the British economy: the valleys of South Wales where the great coalfields powered the nation; Swindon, at the heart of Britain's railway network; and Manchester, home to the great port of Salford and the world's largest industrial estate Trafford Park. Comparing those images with ones from 2008, the sheer scale and speed of...