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Four Minute Fever
6.5 Documentary

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Four Minute Fever

IMDb 6.5 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.

Country United States of America
Genres
Documentary
Released 1956-06-08
Director
William Deeke
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Harry Wismer , Paavo Nurmi , Harry Wismer , Fiorello LaGuardia , Arne Andersson