Four Minute Fever 1956
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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.
- Released: 1956-06-08
- Runtime: 9 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Harry Wismer, Paavo Nurmi, Harry Wismer, Fiorello LaGuardia, Arne Andersson
- Director: William Deeke, Arthur Weiss, Earle Luby, Louis Turchen, Maurice Rosenblum