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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. Four Minute Fever
Four Minute Fever streaming . Photo : Four Minute Fever date 1956-06-08
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Harry Wismer , Paavo Nurmi , Harry Wismer , Fiorello LaGuardia , Arne Andersson , Jules Ladoumegue , Bill Bonthron , John Lovelock , Glenn Cunningham , Gene Venzke , Sidney Wooderson , Gunder Hagg , Roger Bannister , John Landy , Christopher Chataway , Laszlo Tabori ,
