a digital image and speech recording and reproducing apparatus is arranged to quickly and simply retrieve , classify , and erase a great deal of data for improving the operativity in small - sized equipment . the apparatus includes a recording and reproducing unit for a moving image signal , a recording and reproducing unit for a still image signal , a recording and reproducing unit for a digital speech signal operated in synchronous to the image , a display for displaying the image for said moving image signal or said still image signal , a recording condition recording unit for recording recording conditions containing data information about recorded data for distinguishing said moving image from said still image and recording time information for recording an image or a speech . the recording conditions consisting of at least the data information and the recording time information about the recorded data are graphically and literarily displayed on the display , so that the recorded data item may be selected on the display screen .