An apparatus for processing an image, comprising: an input means (106, 109) for inputting user operation information; a recording control means for controlling a recording means to record moving image data on a recording medium; a data processor for retrieving data recorded on the recording medium and generating display data in response to an input to the input means (106, 109); and a display control means for controlling a display means to display the display data, wherein the data processor is adapted to select a frame containing an image of a person's face from a scene as a moving image recording unit recorded on the recording medium, to generate a thumbnail image of a face region extracted from the selected frame and to control the display means to display a list of generated thumbnail images, characterized in that the data processor is adapted to control the display means to display the list of generated thumbnail images arranged in a time-series order and a scene index, this scene index being a representative image of a scene from which the face images of the time-series face thumbnail image list are extracted, and is adapted to update the time-series face thumbnail image list in response to updating of the scene index if the scene index is updated by a user operation; wherein the time-series face thumbnail image list corresponds to a time range of said scene, and the data processor is adapted to update the time-series face thumbnail image list in response to updating of the time range if the time range is updated within said scene by a user actuation on a rewind or a forward key (306a, 306b) and to play the image from an image position corresponding to a face thumbnail image designated by the user. an input means (106, 109) for inputting user operation information; a recording control means for controlling a recording means to record moving image data on a recording medium; a data processor for retrieving data recorded on the recording medium and generating display data in response to an input to the input means (106, 109); and a display control means for controlling a display means to display the display data, wherein the data processor is adapted to select a frame containing an image of a person's face from a scene as a moving image recording unit recorded on the recording medium, to generate a thumbnail image of a face region extracted from the selected frame and to control the display means to display a list of generated thumbnail images, the data processor is adapted to control the display means to display the list of generated thumbnail images arranged in a time-series order and a scene index, this scene index being a representative image of a scene from which the face images of the time-series face thumbnail image list are extracted, and is adapted to update the time-series face thumbnail image list in response to updating of the scene index if the scene index is updated by a user operation; wherein the time-series face thumbnail image list corresponds to a time range of said scene, and the data processor is adapted to update the time-series face thumbnail image list in response to updating of the time range if the time range is updated within said scene by a user actuation on a rewind or a forward key (306a, 306b) and to play the image from an image position corresponding to a face thumbnail image designated by the user.