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Four Minute Fever

Overview

Using newsreel footage, this Sportscope entry chronicles the race toward running's four-minute mile, highlighting several important contests. It starts in the 1920's, when Finland's Paavo Nurmi set the record for the distance at 4 minutes 10.4 seconds. It continues through Roger Bannister's first run under 4 minutes in 1954, and ends in spring 1956, when Australia's Joe Bailey became the first to break 4 minutes on US soil.

RATING

0.00

DIRECTOR

William Deeke

COUNTRIE

United States of America

RELEASE DATE

1956

TIME

0h 9m

GENRE

Documentary

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Four Minute Fever‌
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Harry Wismer‌

Harry Wismer

Narrator

Paavo Nurmi‌

Paavo Nurmi

Himself (archive footage)

Harry Wismer‌

Harry Wismer

Narrator (voice)

Fiorello LaGuardia‌

Fiorello LaGuardia

Himself (archive footage)

Arne Andersson‌

Arne Andersson

Himself (archive footage)

Jules Ladoumegue‌

Jules Ladoumegue

Himself (archive footage)

Bill Bonthron‌

Bill Bonthron

Himself (archive footage)

John Lovelock‌

John Lovelock

Himself (archive footage)

Glenn Cunningham‌

Glenn Cunningham

Himself (archive footage)

Gene Venzke‌

Gene Venzke

Himself (archive footage)

Sidney Wooderson‌

Sidney Wooderson

Himself (archive footage)

Gunder Hagg‌

Gunder Hagg

Himself (archive footage)

Roger Bannister‌

Roger Bannister

Himself (archive footage)

John Landy‌

John Landy

Himself (archive footage)

Christopher Chataway‌

Christopher Chataway

Himself (archive footage)

Laszlo Tabori‌

Laszlo Tabori

Himself (archive footage)

Ron Delaney‌

Ron Delaney

Himself (archive footage)

Joe Bailey‌

Joe Bailey

Himself (archive footage)

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