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.
Main Speaker(s): David Payne. Location: Donald Gordon Centre. Video contains a lecture by Payne on microstructural engineering in ceramics to improve their use in electronics. He also takes questions from the audience for the final portion of his presentation.
Main Speaker(s): Dr Nacy Olivieri. Dr Jackie Duffin talks about the Hannah Happenings, Dr Sandra Taylor introduces Dr Olivieri who speaks for the rest of the video. She answers questions for the last 12 minutes of the video, the last 8 minutes of the video are black screen.
Location: Lake Ontario. Begins with an overhead shot of the Portmouth Olympic Harbour in Kingston with the label 'Day 1' before cutting to raw footage of the different sailboat races that happened that day, each labelled with the boat class and track name. Cuts to another overheard shot before showing a still picture of a sailboat with the label 'Kingston, Ontario'. Afterward come footage of Day 2 following the exact same format as Day 1, beginning with an overhead shot before cutting to raw footage of some of the races and ending with a still shot of several seconds. Footage of Day 3 is then shown in the same format. Footage from Day 4 is also shown. Video contains on-screen notes which wouldn't be seen by a viewing audiencee, such as a green box advising 'repeat follows' and a countdown from 1 minute to feed time.
Main Speaker(s): Ivan Joyce, P.S. Nicholson. Location: Donald Gordon Centre. Begins with a lecture by Joyce on powder technology and fabrication, as well as advanced characterization techniques. Afterward, he answers questions from the audience with the assistance of two other experts. After that, the camera cuts to Nicholson giving a presentation on the non-destructive testing of ceramics. He answers questions from the audience at the end of his speech.
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.
