The town of Passage West and its people are the stars of this opening sequence to Hall's Pictorial Weekly.
People of the harbour town of Passage West in Cork are out and about and wave to the RTÉ cameras. Among them are children playing in the local playground and a man selling a suite of furniture from the side of the road.
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 21 February 1979.
