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.
Main Speaker: Allan Taylor, Vaira Vikis-Freibergs. Location: Large gymnasium. Begins with Smith talking about the convocation and two degree recipients before presenting Taylor with an honourary doctorate of laws. He addresses the convocation with a speech, and then Vikis-Freibergs is presented with her honourary degree. She speaks for the rest of the video.
Main Speaker: David Smith, Ruth Nita Barrow. Location: Large gymnasium.Begins with an opening prayer by University Chaplain, then Smith addresses the convocation and presents Barrow with an honourary degree. Barrow then addresses the convocaiton for the remainder of the video. Video ends with footage of the graduating students receiving their degrees.
