Four Minute Fever

Four Minute Fever

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 8, 1956

Runtime

0h 9m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Four Minute Fever

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Director

William Deeke

Description

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.