Four Minute Fever (1956)

Özet

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.

Oyuncular

• Harry Wismer

  Narrator

• Paavo Nurmi

  Himself (archive footage)

• Harry Wismer

  Narrator (voice)

• Fiorello LaGuardia

  Himself (archive footage)

• Arne Andersson

  Himself (archive footage)

• Jules Ladoumegue

  Himself (archive footage)

• Bill Bonthron

  Himself (archive footage)

• John Lovelock

  Himself (archive footage)

• Glenn Cunningham

  Himself (archive footage)

• Gene Venzke

  Himself (archive footage)

• Sidney Wooderson

  Himself (archive footage)

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  Gunder Hägg

  Himself (archive footage)

Ekip

Yönetmen

William Deeke

Yapımcı

Earle Luby

Kurgu

Arthur Weiss