Taking Flight

Short Cuts by BBC

Aug 27, 202527:14Society & Culture

Josie Long presents a selection of short documentaries in which people hurl themselves into the air with the hope of taking flight. We glide through the air, fall into the sea and explore grand leaps of the imagination,...

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