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Main Speaker: Brain Yealland, Dr Thomas R. Williams. Location: potentially Grant Hall. Yealland opens the convocation with a prayer, then Dr Williams is installed as principal and vice-chancellor of Queen's University. He is then robed by representatives of the Queen's community. Afterwards Dr Williams delivers a speech to the audience.

Main Speakers: Roland Speicher, Philip G. Jessop. Speicher gives a lecture called "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics" where he talks about the applications of pure mathematics in the real world. Jessop then gives a lecture called "Can Chemistry be Green?" where he explains the origins of green chemistry and the importance of reducing pollution while maintaining our economy.

Main Speakers: Dr William Leggett, Donald Sutherland. Location: Grant Hall. Video is of Donald Sutherland receiving his honorary Doctor of Laws, as well as the faculty of education graduates receiving their degrees. Dr Leggett begins by giving a speech, after which Sutherland recieves his Doctor of Laws. Sutherland then gives a speech to the graduates.

Various different Queen's professors and administrative faculty present a series of clips showing important research and events happening across Queen's in 1980-1981, presumably created for alumni. Clips are of research by different engineering departments, football updates, the appointment of Agnes Benedickson as Chancellor, and random stock shots of Kingston. Each clip lasts from 1-5 minutes.

Main Speaker: Dr William Leggett. Location: Potentially Summerhill. Richard Stackhouse speaks on the prevous principal's accomplishments before introducing Dr Leggett, who talks about how much he appreciates being appointed. Questions are taken from the audience for the rest of the video.

Location: Airport, presumably the Kingston Airport.video begins with the continuation of Queen's Band playing while camera pans over crowd. Prince Charles and Princess Diana arrive, board a plane, and take off.

Location: Airport, presumably the Kingston Airport.Video opens with a long shot of a union jack flag blowing in the wind. Afterward cuts to several mute shots of a helicopter and surrounding airport before cutting again to the nearby crowd. The Queen's Band then plays on the airport tarmac.

Location: Outside the Agnes Etherington Centre. Video begins with Prince Charles walking up the steps into the Agnes Etherington Centre. Cuts to him walking back down the stairs, before showing raw footage of the crowd.

Location: Between Kingston Hall and the JDUC. Video shows raw footage of the crowds as Prince Charles walks from behind Kingston Hall to the JDUC.

Main Speaker: Prince Charles, Jean Charest. Location: Outside near Kingston Hall. Video begins with a black screen while the cameramen try and get the audio levels right. Actual footage begins around 4 minutes in. Camera cuts to a shot of the Grant Hall clocktower while audio from David Smith giving Prince Charles his honourary degree can be heard. Camera then cuts to shots of the crowd whle Prince Charles gives a speech. Afterwards Charest gives a speech talking about the history of Queen's relationship with the royal family. Prince Charles then unveils a plaque declaring Queen's University a national historic monument.