1. A system for associating historical information with corresponding sensory data received from a recording device and for performing functional operations on the sensory data, the sensory data including a plurality of sensory data elements, said system comprising: a memory for storing the sensory data and associated historical information; a display for viewing the sensory data stored in the memory; a computing device coupled to said memory and said display, said computing device operable to generate a plurality of historical data elements corresponding to the historical information, at least one historical data element being uniquely associated with a corresponding sensory data element; and an input device coupled to said computing device for selecting a functional operation to be applied to at least one sensory data element, said computing device forming at least one historical data element and corresponding historical information.