Four Minute Fever

6.5 1956 9 min

NR

Documentary

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 di…

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Director: William Deeke
Classification: NR

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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)

Glenn Cunningham Himself (archive footage)

Gene Venzke Himself (archive footage)

Sidney Wooderson Himself (archive footage)

Gunder Hägg Himself (archive footage)

Roger Bannister Himself (archive footage)

John Landy Himself (archive footage)

Christopher Chataway Himself (archive footage)

Laszlo Tabori Himself (archive footage)

Ron Delaney Himself (archive footage)

Joe Bailey Himself (archive footage)

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