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Four Minute Fever
1956Directed by William Deeke
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- Released
- Runtime
- 9m
About Four Minute Fever
- Documentary
Synopsis
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