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Four Minute Fever (1956)

ALL 06/08/1956 (en) Documentary 9 Min
  • Release
    06/08/1956
  • Production
    RKO Radio Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    Four Minute Fever
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. William Deeke

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Arthur Weiss

    Editor

  4. Earle Luby

    Producer



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  1. Harry Wismer

    Narrator

  2. Paavo Nurmi

    Himself (archive footage)

  3. Harry Wismer

    Narrator (voice)

  4. Fiorello LaGuardia

    Himself (archive footage)

  5. Arne Andersson

    Himself (archive footage)

  6. Jules Ladoumegue

    Himself (archive footage)

  7. Bill Bonthron

    Himself (archive footage)

  8. John Lovelock

    Himself (archive footage)

  9. Glenn Cunningham

    Himself (archive footage)

  10. Gene Venzke

    Himself (archive footage)

  11. Sidney Wooderson

    Himself (archive footage)

  12. Gunder Hagg

    Himself (archive footage)

  13. Roger Bannister

    Himself (archive footage)

  14. John Landy

    Himself (archive footage)

  15. Christopher Chataway

    Himself (archive footage)

  16. Laszlo Tabori

    Himself (archive footage)

  17. Ron Delaney

    Himself (archive footage)

  18. Joe Bailey

    Himself (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 18 , Crews : 5

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Four Minute Fever (1956) 9 Min

ALL 06/08/1956 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 06/08/1956
  • Production
    RKO Radio Pictures
  • Original title Four Minute Fever
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. William Deeke

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Arthur Weiss

    Editor

  4. Earle Luby

    Producer



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