Thermal camera tests

Making of: As part of the filming for this series, the BBC was granted access to a piece of military equipment used for night time surveillance. The world's most advanced thermal imaging camera. Cameraman Lindsay McCrae tests the camera.

01 October 2013

2 minutes

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The Great British Year—Original Series, Winter

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