Equipment Back to Explore a Viking Village The filmmakers used a jib arm, also known as a camera crane, with a remote-controlled digital beta video camera fitted with a so-called snorkel lens. This rig allowed the filmmakers to guide the camera through the village without, Rengfelt notes, "wrecking the buildings." Explore a Viking Village | Who Were the Vikings? Secrets of Norse Ships | The Viking Diaspora Write Your Name in Runes | Build a Tree-Ring Timeline Resources | Transcript | Site Map | The Vikings Home Editor's Picks | Previous Sites | Join Us/E-mail | TV/Web Schedule About NOVA | Teachers | Site Map | Shop | Jobs | Search | To print PBS Online | NOVA Online | WGBH © | Updated November 2000