Four Minute Fever Trailer (1956)

08 June 1956 Factual 9 mins

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.

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Cast

Harry Wismer as Narrator

Paavo Nurmi as Himself (archive footage)

Harry Wismer as Narrator (voice)

Fiorello LaGuardia as Himself (archive footage)

Arne Andersson as Himself (archive footage)

Jules Ladoumegue as Himself (archive footage)

Bill Bonthron as Himself (archive footage)

John Lovelock as Himself (archive footage)

Glenn Cunningham as Himself (archive footage)

Gene Venzke as Himself (archive footage)

Sidney Wooderson as Himself (archive footage)

Gunder Hägg as Himself (archive footage)

Roger Bannister as Himself (archive footage)

John Landy as Himself (archive footage)

Christopher Chataway as Himself (archive footage)

Laszlo Tabori as Himself (archive footage)

Crew

Arthur Weiss Editor

Maurice Rosenblum Sound Recordist

William Deeke Director

Earle Luby Producer

Louis Turchen Music Editor

International Releases Dates

United States 08 June 1956

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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