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.

Released June 8, 1956 9 min 11+

Genres: Documentary, Short, Sport

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.1920s, imdb.running, imdb.sportscope, imdb.four-minute-mile, imdb.university-of-southern-california, imdb.university-of-kansas + 7 more, imdb.sport-record, imdb.one-reeler, imdb.olympic-games, imdb.1940s, imdb.1930s, imdb.track-and-field, aspectratio.1-37-1