Four Minute Fever

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Four Minute Fever — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • June 8, 1956
  • Runtime
  • 9 min
  • Genres
  • Documentary
  • Director
  • William Deeke

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Four Minute Fever — Cast

Harry Wismer Narrator Paavo Nurmi Himself (archive footage) Harry Wismer Narrator (voice) Fiorello LaGuardia Himself (archive footage) Arne Andersson Himself (archive footage) Jules Ladoumegue Himself (archive footage) Bill Bonthron Himself (archive footage) John Lovelock Himself (archive footage)

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