Oct 10, 2012
54 min
Full-HD

NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword (2012)

The Vikings were the most ferocious warriors of the Middle Ages. Especially fearsome were the select few who wielded a formidable weapon: a light, razor sharp, virtually indestructible sword with its maker's name, Ulfberht, inlaid along the blade.

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Documentary History

Country

United States of America

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NOVA

Jay O. Sanders

Narrator (voice)

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