(Four Minute Fever)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

9 minutes

Year:

1956

Directors:

William Deeke

Production companies:

RKO Radio Pictures

Actors:

Narrator

Himself (archive footage)

Narrator (voice)

Himself (archive footage)

Himself (archive footage)

Crews:

Producer

Editor

Director

Music Editor

Sound Recordist