1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital; full screen.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Note
Title from container.
Originally broadcast on television in 2000.
Special features: scene selection, access to the NOVA website.
For specific features see interactive menu.
Credits
Directed by Mikael Agaton.
Performer
Narrated by Liev Schreiber.
Audience
Grades: 4+.
Summary
This riveting special investigates a new image of the Vikings that goes far deeper than their savage stereotype as raiding marauders. They were expert shipbuilders, superb artisans, canny merchants, and bold colonizers.