Four Minute Fever
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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.
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Director: William DeekeProducer: Earle Luby
Harry Wismer
as Narrator
Paavo Nurmi
as Himself (archive footage)
Harry Wismer
as Narrator (voice)
Fiorello LaGuardia
as Himself (archive footage)
Arne Andersson
as Himself (archive footage)
Jules Ladoumegue
as Himself (archive footage)
Bill Bonthron
as Himself (archive footage)
John Lovelock
as Himself (archive footage)
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