Four Minute Fever (1956)
1956 · NR · 0h 9m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
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.
Director: William Deeke
Editor: Arthur Weiss
Cast
Harry Wismer as NarratorPaavo 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)More like this
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