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Four Minute Fever (1956)
Directed by William Deeke
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.
Rated NR | Length 9 minutes
Actors
John Lovelock | Fiorello LaGuardia | Harry Wismer | Paavo Nurmi | Arne Andersson | Jules Ladoumegue | Bill Bonthron | Glenn Cunningham | Gene Venzke | Sidney Wooderson | Gunder Hagg | Roger Bannister | John Landy | Christopher Chataway | Laszlo Tabori | Ron Delaney | Joe Bailey