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Four Minute Fever (1956)
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.
Updated Nov 5 2016
Cast
Fiorello LaGuardia
Himself (archive footage)
Harry Wismer
Narrator (voice)
Paavo Nurmi
Himself (archive footage)
Arne Andersson
Himself (archive footage)
Jules Ladoumegue
Himself (archive footage)
Bill Bonthron
Himself (archive footage)
Glenn Cunningham
Himself (archive footage)
More Cast
Crew
Arthur Weiss
Editor
Maurice Rosenblum
Sound Recordist
William Deeke
Director
Earle Luby
Producer
Louis Turchen
Music Editor
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