Main Speaker(s): John Spragge. Pre-recorded video for an economics class where Spragge discusses the uses of computers in economics, including explanations of the various kinds of economics software a student would use.
Part 1. Main Speaker: David Smith. Location: Grant Hall.Video begins with procession filing into room, then Brain Yealland says a prayer. David Smith addresses the convocation with a speech, after which the video cuts out before jumping to partway through the new graduates receiving their degrees. Two people are presented with awards from the university, and then the convocation ends.
Part 2. Main Speakers: David Smith, Yevgeniy Ivanovich Chazov and Bernard Lown (Hown). Smith talks about Chazov's and Lown's accomplishments, before presenting them with their degrees. Chazov then addresses the convocation with a speech. Lown then presents another speech to the convocation. Afterwards, graduating students are given their degrees for the rest of the video. This tape is presumably the cut-out section of part 1.
Main Speaker: David Smith, William David Mulholland. Location: Grant Hall. Begins with Smith talking about Mulholland before presenting him an honourary degree. Mulholland then addresses then convocation with a speech.
Main Speaker: George Henry Erasmus. Location: Large gymnasium. Begins with Erasmus being presented his honourary degree, who then delivers a speech to the convocation for the remainder of the video.
Main Speaker: Malcolm Mackenzie Ross. Location: Large gymnasium, possibly in the Physical Health and Education Centre. Video begins with Ross being presented his honourary degree, who then delivers a speech to the convocation for the remainder of the video.
Part 1. Main Speaker: David Smith, Floyd Switzer. Brian Yealland opens with a prayer, and then Smith addresses the convocation with a speech. Switzer is then given his honourary doctor of laws, and then is invited to address the convocation with a speech.