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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Harry Wismer, Paavo Nurmi, Harry Wismer, Fiorello LaGuardia, Arne Andersson, Jules Ladoumegue
Crew: Earle Luby (Producer), Arthur Weiss (Editor), William Deeke (Director), Louis Turchen (Music Editor), Maurice Rosenblum (Sound Recordist)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
Runtime: 9 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 08, 1956
IMDb: 10
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