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Diamonds in the Sky

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A series of seven programmes which examine the impact of air travel on ourselves and the world we live in. Presented by Julian Pettifer 1: Changing the World
It all began on 25 August 1919. Four passengers left Hounslow Heath for Paris-the world's first regular, daily, international air service. Today, 600 million people travel by air every year. How has this extraordinary growth in air travel changed our lives? For better or for worse?
This first programme focuses on one small unexpected corner of the world which crystallizes the effects of the aeroplane on mankind. In Papua New Guinea, almost overnight, air travel has transformed a Stone-Age country into a 20th-century state.
Film cameraman EUGENE CARR
Produced by HARRY HASTINGS

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Presented By:
Julian Pettifer
Unknown:
Eugene Carr
Produced By:
Harry Hastings
Source: Radio Times

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