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Four Minute Fever

8,0 /10 (1 Votes)
1956 EN 9 min

Overview

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.

Release date

08/06/1956

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1

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

9 min

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