{"id":12616,"date":"2026-11-01T08:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T07:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=12616"},"modified":"2026-11-01T08:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T07:26:40","slug":"commemoration-day-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/commemoration-day-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"Commemoration Day 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2026\/08\/Com-W-copy-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12633\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2026\/08\/Com-W-copy-1024x307.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I mentioned in the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/the-missing-graduations-2003-2007-to-2010\/\">August blog<\/a> that the 2003 Commemoration Day ceremonies had never been uploaded to YouTube and that I therefore had to find the master recordings. Since then I&#8217;ve visited the college archives and my colleague located the appropriate archival box. So I now have both the morning and afternoon ceremonies that no one has seen; unless you had purchased the VHS tape later that year. As I explained before, it was not until 2010 that these events were made available on YouTube making it unnecessary to create VHS or DVD&#8217;s for graduates to buy.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Both of the ceremonies are now on the Imperial College YouTube channel and are also seen embedded below. These recordings were in 4:3 aspect ratio and standard definition (625\/PAL). Hopefully this all proves the benefit of having a decent video archive with all of the memories and history of Imperial College. Coming soon will be any missing ceremonies from 2008, 2009 and 2010; I just have to find the time to create the videos for uploading to YouTube and making chapter marks too.<\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lli4x8keltI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C-lMtA7UIRI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw November 2026<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commemoration Day 2003 ceremonies are now available on YouTube for the first time. 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