An image display control method of sequentially switching and displaying a plurality of images in a predetermined time, comprises: acquiring, from a recording media, image data for generating an image to be displayed after the switching in response to a switching instruction for switching the image in the predetermined time; and displaying an image based on the acquired image data in the predetermined time, wherein the predetermined time can be switched into a first time and a second time which is longer than the first time, the image data recorded on the recording media comprise first image data and second image data having a lower compression rate than the first image data, and either the first image data or the second image data are acquired corresponding to the predetermined time at the image data acquiring.