Part 1: Dr Angnes Benedickson. Location: Grant Hall. Video begins with footage of procession filing into Grant Hall. Dr Benedickson is appointed chancellor, and then delivers a speech. Thomas Berger, Sidney Robert Blair, Brian Dickson, Robert Dunsmore are all presented with an honourary doctorate of laws.
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 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.
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.
Main Speaker: David Smith, John Polanyi, Prince Takamado. Location: Large gymnasium, possibly in the Physical Health and Education Centre. Video begins with Rev. Brian Yealland saying an invocation, followed by Smith addressing the ocnvocaiton with a speech. He then presents Polani with an honourary doctor of science. Prince Takamado is then presented with an honourary degree, then Polani addresses the convocation with a speech. Prince Takamado also presents a speech to the convocation.