Four Minute Fever
Release Date: 1956-06-08
Overview: 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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Cast
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)
Crew
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Arthur Weiss - Editor
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William Deeke - Director
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Earle Luby - Producer
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Louis Turchen - Music Editor
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Maurice Rosenblum - Sound Recordist
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