The 78th annual Tournament Of Roses Parade telecast live from Pasadena, California.
All three networks carried this annual parade, each with different hosts. This is the NBC telecast. It includes commercials.
Ed Ames, in the parade sings "My Cup Runneth Over."
Hostess Betty White and Host Bill Culen describe the festivities and talk in the booth with Pat Boone and Barry Sullivan.
Barbara Hewitt is the Rose Queen. Thanat Khoman, Thailand's Minister of Foreign Affairs is the parade's grand marshal.
Theme: Travel tales in flowers.
NOTE; A lost broadcast. Very few Rose Day Parade broadcasts circa pre-1979 are extant in any broadcast form.
