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Four Minute Fever (1956)
Genres: Documentary
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.
- 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)
- Jules Ladoumegue as Himself (archive footage)
- Bill Bonthron as Himself (archive footage)
- John Lovelock as Himself (archive footage)