Athboy and the people of the town are the stars of this opening sequence for ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’.
In the Meath town of Athboy people go about their daily business. A postman cycles past on his rounds, a petrol pump attendant attends a customer at O’Connor’s Bar and Lounge, and some children have fun with an old pram frame using it as a go-kart.
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 put to music.
This short film of around one minute’s duration formed part of the opening sequence for that week’s episode of ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’. As it was not advertised as part of the programme billings in the RTÉ Guide or newspapers, people watched in the hope their town or village would have its moment of fame.
This episode of ‘Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’ was broadcast on 7 March 1974.
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