1. A video picture access system, comprising: means for inputting a command; means for displaying a list of time-serial representative images of scenes included in a video picture; and means for scrolling the list by displaying a new representative image instead of the representative image of the representative image already displayed earlier when a total number of the time-serial representative images exceed a maximum number of representative images which can be displayed on a display screen; wherein the representative image added newly for display is a representative image of a scene distanced for a given time in conformance to the command inputted via the inputting means.