| Description | Correspondence, programme and abstracts relating to the William Smith Meetings of 1989 & 1990. Most of the file concerns the organisation of the speakers, and the production of the VHS recording of the 1989 meeting 'Basin Development and Petroleum Exploration', made by Geofilms. Also Betacam (large) mastertape & 15 Betacam (small) tapes of the rushes from the 1989 conference produced by Geofilms.
15 betacam tapes of the rushes and 1 larger format beta mastertape of the final programme of the William Smith Lecture, held on 19 April 1989. Made in conjunction with the AAPG.
Content of Betacam tapes:
Small format rushes-
041-001 : 33m 53s rushes - various takes of unknown US petroleum geologist giving an overview of the work of and importance of William Smith in the history of geology.
041-002 : 35m 33s rushes - further take of unknown US petroleum geologist on William Smith; 6m 27s Jon Blickwede, Amoco, to end
041-003 : 32m 36s rushes - Jon Blickwede continued; 10m 13s Gerard Demaison, Chevron, to end
041-004 : 34m 20s rushes - Gerard Demaison continued; 8m 12s Tom Aigner, Shell Research; 27m 58s Ken McClay, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, to end
041-005 : 33m 45s rushes - Ken McClay continued to 16m 48s; views of William Smith map 'Delineation of the Strata' (1815) [Note: not one of the Society's copies as it is sectioned and mounted on linen with later colouring]; 19m 27s Geological Society's Upper Library ends 21m 38s; 21m 47s Richard Hodgkinson, Mobil, to end
041-006 : 35m 14s rushes - Richard Hodgkinson continued; 14m 07s; Derek Blundell, President of the Geological Society in the lecture theatre of the Royal Society, introducing the William Smith Lecturer Bernard Tissot with views of the audience in the lecture theatre, 16m 19s Tissot appears and part of his lecture is recorded; 20m 10s views of printed programme; 21m 34s Dr Walter Zeigler [interviewed during break in conference]; 23m 48s John Martin, Clyde Petroleum [interviewed during break in conference]; 28m 54s Bernard Tissot to end. [Digitisation notes: Some minor visual distortion is present at certain parts of the tape's duration]
041-007 : 35m 12s rushes - Bernard Tissot continued to 26m 50s; 28m 39s Ian Vann, BP to end.
041-008 : 33m 25s rushes - Ian Vann; 20m 39s Richard Hodgkinson to end
041-009 : 35m 42s rushes - Richard Hodgkinson continued; 10m 30s interviews with various conference delegates, 19m 57s Dr John Parker, Shell Exploration, 21m 07s 'Mrs Thompson'; 24m 02s Andrew Mackenzie; 31m 43s; unknown delegate to end. [Digitisation notes:Some minor visual distortion is present at certain parts of the tape's duration]
041-010 : 32m rushes - 1m 24s Q & A from the conference, directed at all the speakers of the conference, with round up by Derek Blundell to 28m 27s; 28m 42s AAPG, GSL & PESGB logos to end.
041-011 : 5m 13s rushes - 58s interview with Derek Blundell, President of the Geological Society in the empty lecture theatre of the Royal Society, to end.
041-012 : 19m 20s marked 'Dub of logos' - no audio, textured background with small number of logos of sponsors of the conference at the beginning.
041-013 : 15m 30s rushes - 28s Andrew Mackenzie onsite by coast, to end.
041-014 : 22m 40s rushes - 31s Andrew Mackenzie onsite by oilfield with rig drilling a development well behind, to end.
041-015 : 15m 58s rushes - audio only, Andrew Mackenzie voice over, to end.
Large format
041-900 - 42 min Master Tape of final edit [Digitisation notes: Some visual and audio distortion throughout duration]. The footage which occurs in this mastertape was clearly rerecorded from the above as there is a loss in quality. |
| Administrative History | 19 April 1989 (at the Royal Society) 'From the Origin of Petroleum to Basin Evolution and Modelling', Prof Bernard Tissot (William Smith Lecturer ); 9 May 1990 - 'The Earliest History of Life - Solution to Darwin's Dilemma', Prof J W Schopf, University California |