Hall's Pictorial Weekly in Crossmolina, Co. Mayo, Ireland 1976

The people of Crossmolina in County Mayo are the stars of this opening sequence from 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly'. People in Crossmolina going about their daily business and are captured on camera. Once a week, from June to September, the 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly’ film crew would arrive at a town or village in any county in Ireland. They would film the people and the place and return to RTÉ where the footage was edited and the theme music added. This short film of around one minute’s duration formed part of the opening sequence for that week’s episode. No-one knew which location had been chosen, and it was not advertised as part of the programme billings in the RTÉ Guide or newspapers. So with this in mind, people the length and breadth of the country tuned in religiously, in case it was the turn of their town or village to have its few minutes of fame. This episode of 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly' was broadcast on 1 December 1976.