Four Minute Fever (1956)

Directed by William Deeke9mDocumentary

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.

Rated
NR
Year
1956
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
8 June 1956
TMDB
6.5 (2)
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H
Harry Wismer
Narrator
P
Paavo Nurmi
Himself (archive footage)
H
Harry Wismer
Narrator (voice)
F
Fiorello LaGuardia
Himself (archive footage)
A
Arne Andersson
Himself (archive footage)
J
Jules Ladoumegue
Himself (archive footage)
B
Bill Bonthron
Himself (archive footage)
J
John Lovelock
Himself (archive footage)
G
Glenn Cunningham
Himself (archive footage)
G
Gene Venzke
Himself (archive footage)
S
Sidney Wooderson
Himself (archive footage)
Gunder Hägg
Gunder Hägg
Himself (archive footage)
R
Roger Bannister
Himself (archive footage)
J
John Landy
Himself (archive footage)
C
Christopher Chataway
Himself (archive footage)
L
Laszlo Tabori
Himself (archive footage)
R
Ron Delaney
Himself (archive footage)
J
Joe Bailey
Himself (archive footage)

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