{"id":7174,"date":"2017-03-15T11:17:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T10:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=7174"},"modified":"2017-04-05T08:11:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T07:11:47","slug":"john-smith-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/john-smith-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"John Smith: 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2017\/01\/Lord-Flowers-John-Smith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7182\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2017\/01\/Lord-Flowers-John-Smith-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>In July 2006, John Smith former College Secretary (1979-1989) spoke to the College Archivist Anne Barrett in the college TV Studio.<\/p>\n<p>His recording formed part of the Imperial College centenary celebrations held during 2007 and this is the first time that recording has been seen in full. It&#8217;s a great insight into some of the working of the college during his time in office. There are also plenty of stories and memories of things he was involved with. The photo shows him with former Rector the late Lord Flowers.<\/p>\n<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\/7SlKw_mhxqA?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>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw March 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In July 2006, John Smith former College Secretary (1979-1989) spoke to the College Archivist Anne Barrett. . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18461,80],"tags":[603,165,438,18467],"class_list":["post-7174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-history","category-people","tag-administration","tag-alumni","tag-rector","tag-tv-studio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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