Four Minute Fever

Name: Four Minute Fever
Genre: Documental
Released: 1956-06-08
Duration: 9 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Harry Wismer, Paavo Nurmi, Harry Wismer, Fiorello LaGuardia, Arne Andersson

NR 1956 9 min

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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.

Director: William Deeke
Status: Released
Release date: 08/06/1956
Original language: English