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Tralee and its people star in this opening sequence for 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly'.
People are going about their business in Tralee when the 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly' film crew are in town.
Tralee is the largest town in County Kerry and is famous for the Rose of Tralee International Festival, which is held every August.
Situation at the mouth of the River Lee, in Irish, Trá Lí, means 'strand (of the river) Lee'.
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 26 February 1976.
Tralee and its people star in this opening sequence for 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly'.
People are going about their business in Tralee when the 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly' film crew are in town.
Tralee is the largest town in County Kerry and is famous for the Rose of Tralee International Festival, which is held every August.
Situation at the mouth of the River Lee, in Irish, Trá Lí, means 'strand (of the river) Lee'.
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 26 February 1976.
