THE 65th ANNUAL TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE 16mm FILM TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 1 1954. ACCORDING TO NBC THIS FIRST COLORCAST OF THE TOURNAMENT WAS VIEWED BY MILLIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN BLACK AND WHITE AND BY A FEW THOUSAND IN COLOR WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY. MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM F. DEAN, A FORMER KOREAN PRISONER OF WAR WAS GRAND MARSHALL FOR THE EVENT. THE WINNER OF THE TOURNAMENT WAS THE LONG BEACH FLOAT CALLED "AMERICAN HERITAGE " CARRYING BOTH MYRNA HANSEN (MISS UNITED STATES) AND CHRISTINE MARTEL (MISS FRANCE). THE COWBOY ACTOR ROY RODGERS AND DALE EVENS RODE ON THE COVERED WAGON THAT WAS THE GENERAL FOODS FLOAT.
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