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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures
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Top 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)
Top Crew
William Deeke · Director
Arthur Weiss · Editor
Earle Luby · Producer
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