Bunclody and its people star in this opening sequence for 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly'.
People are going about their business in Bunclody when the 'Hall's Pictorial Weekly' film crew are in town.
Bunclody, which was known as Newtownbarry until 1950, is located on the River Slaney. In Irish, Bun Clóidí means bottom of the (river) Clody.
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 4 December 1975.
