A manually articulated stylet assembly for facilitating placement of an intubation device in a patient, said assembly comprising: at least one flexible motion transmitting element (40, 42) having a controlled end and a controlling end, a handle, a remote actuator supported on said handle for movement toward and away from at least one actuated position, said remote actuator including an anchor point connecting said controlling end of said at least one motion transmitting element (40, 42), a steering shaft extending from said handle, said steering shaft having an elongated main stem defining a centerline along the length thereof, a flexible end-piece adjoining said main stem at a transition and extending along said centerline longitudinally therefrom to a distal tip, said controlled end of said at least one flexible motion transmitting element (40, 42) connected to said distal tip of said end-piece such that movement of said remote actuator causes a corresponding movement of said distal tip, and an image capture device having a field of view, characterized by a recessed lens pocket disposed in said steering shaft adjacent said transition and spaced from said distal tip, said lens pocket being laterally offset from said centerline, said image capture device being partially housed within said lens pocket in a forward-pointing direction with said field of view oriented to capture moving images of said distal tip including most of said flexible end-piece in response to actuation of said remote actuator, said image capture device being mounted relative to said recessed lens pocket so as to produce, in use, a foreshortened perspective of said flexible end-piece in which a nearest visible portion of said end-piece is generally stationary relative to said image capture device and the movement of said distal tip of said end-piece will appear accentuated relative to said image capture device. at least one flexible motion transmitting element (40, 42) having a controlled end and a controlling end, a handle, a remote actuator supported on said handle for movement toward and away from at least one actuated position, said remote actuator including an anchor point connecting said controlling end of said at least one motion transmitting element (40, 42), a steering shaft extending from said handle, said steering shaft having an elongated main stem defining a centerline along the length thereof, a flexible end-piece adjoining said main stem at a transition and extending along said centerline longitudinally therefrom to a distal tip, said controlled end of said at least one flexible motion transmitting element (40, 42) connected to said distal tip of said end-piece such that movement of said remote actuator causes a corresponding movement of said distal tip, and an image capture device having a field of view, characterized by a recessed lens pocket disposed in said steering shaft adjacent said transition and spaced from said distal tip, said lens pocket being laterally offset from said centerline, said image capture device being partially housed within said lens pocket in a forward-pointing direction with said field of view oriented to capture moving images of said distal tip including most of said flexible end-piece in response to actuation of said remote actuator, said image capture device being mounted relative to said recessed lens pocket so as to produce, in use, a foreshortened perspective of said flexible end-piece in which a nearest visible portion of said end-piece is generally stationary relative to said image capture device and the movement of said distal tip of said end-piece will appear accentuated relative to said image capture device.