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Four Minute Fever

1956, documentary

9 minutes

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...

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Cast

Harry Wismer

Narrator, Narrator (voice)

Paavo Nurmi

Himself (archive footage)

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)

Gunder Hagg

Himself (archive footage)

Roger Bannister

Himself (archive footage)

John Landy

Himself (archive footage)

Christopher Chataway

Himself (archive footage)

Laszlo Tabori

Himself (archive footage)

Ron Delaney

Himself (archive footage)

Joe Bailey

Himself (archive footage)

Crew

Directing

William Deeke

Director

Editing

Arthur Weiss

Editor

Production

Earle Luby

Producer

Sound

Louis Turchen

Music editor

Maurice Rosenblum

Sound recordist

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