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Four Minute Fever

★ 6.5/10 · 2 votes 1956 0h 9m Released

Documentary

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.

Cast

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)