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In short. Episode 248, Four Minute Mile /

Episode 248 - Four Minute Mile: In the early 1950 sports journalists had proclaimed that to run an imperial mile in less than four minutes was impossible. But a medical student named Roger Bannister knew they were wrong and had planned a race to prove it could be done.

Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Derry, NH : Chip Taylor Communications, 2011.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Bannister, Roger.
Bannister, Roger
Running races.
Track and field sports.
Courses à pied.
Running races
documentary film.
Feature films
Documentary films
Short films
Short films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Courts métrages.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Episode 248 - Four Minute Mile: In the early 1950 sports journalists had proclaimed that to run an imperial mile in less than four minutes was impossible. But a medical student named Roger Bannister knew they were wrong and had planned a race to prove it could be done.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed May 06, 2019).
"A lesson on almost everything".
Physical Description:1 online resource (3 minutes)
Playing Time:00:02:30