Four Minute Fever (1956)
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.
Director: William Deeke
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Harry Wismer as Narrator |
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Paavo Nurmi as Himself (archive footage) |
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Harry Wismer as Narrator (voice) |
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Fiorello LaGuardia as Himself (archive footage) |
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Arne Andersson as Himself (archive footage) |
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Jules Ladoumegue as Himself (archive footage) |
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Bill Bonthron as Himself (archive footage) |
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John Lovelock as Himself (archive footage) |
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Glenn Cunningham as Himself (archive footage) |
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Gene Venzke as Himself (archive footage) |
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Sidney Wooderson as Himself (archive footage) |
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Gunder Hägg as Himself (archive footage) |
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Roger Bannister as Himself (archive footage) |
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John Landy as Himself (archive footage) |
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Christopher Chataway as Himself (archive footage) |
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Laszlo Tabori as Himself (archive footage) |
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Ron Delaney as Himself (archive footage) |
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Joe Bailey as Himself (archive footage) |
| Directing | William Deeke | Director |
| Production | Earle Luby | Producer |
| Editing | Arthur Weiss | Editor |
| Sound | Louis Turchen | Music Editor |
| Sound | Maurice Rosenblum | Sound Recordist |
