BANNISTER BEATS FOUR MINUTE MILE Outstanding athletic performance of century. After amazing run Bannister tells Paramount his future plans.

Record ID: 566013

  • Title: BANNISTER BEATS FOUR MINUTE MILE Outstanding athletic performance of century. After amazing run Bannister tells Paramount his future plans.
  • Date: 6th May 1954
  • Summary: ENGLAND: BANNISTER BEATS 4-MINUTE MILE. Outstanding athletic performance of century. After amazing run Bannister tells Paramount his future plans. Oxford, England LV 6 Runners lined up at start. Pan V Start with Brasher taking lead. Closer V Runners, Brasher Bannister, Chataway. LV Crowd on balcony of building watching. SV 3 runners showing brasher dropping back & Chataway taking over, Bannister lying 2nd. SV People watching. Closer V Bannister puts on speed & passes Chataway & goes on to win race - he collapses in crowd. SV Very worn-out Bannister. GOOD SCENES. SV Track. SV Crowd on balcony waiting. SV Runners limbering up. SCU Bannister & Chataway taking off track suits. SV People watching. SV Chataway & Bannister running. SV People watch. SV Pan on Runners, Brasher, Bannister & Chataway. SV Pan ditto. SV Pan Chataway followed closely by Bannister running. SV Bannister collapsed around people after race. CU Bannister looking all-in. CU Stop-watch showing time 3 mins. 59.4 secs. SV People walking around track. SV Bannister shaking hands with Manager of track. CU Ditto. SV Types applauding. CU Bannister speaks:- (Nat.sd.) SOUND EFFECTS OF GOOD SCENES. CU Roger Bannister speaks:- "Well, all I can say is I am absolutely overwhelmed & delighted, it was a great surprise to me to be able to dit to-day, and I think I was very lucky. In this country the weather is always against anyone running a good time. To-day, I thought the wind was probably much too strong, although we did have a light lull, so there comes a moment when you have just got to try, & I was very lucky to have my two friends, Chris Brasher & Chris Chataway who helped to make some of the running earlier on. and I certainly contributes a lot of it to their presence in the race which certainly gave me that extra spurt to go on." ENGLAND: BANNISTER BEATS 4-MINUTE MILE. Outstanding athletic performance of century. After amazing run Bannister tells Paramount his future plans. ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, LONDON, ENGLAND SV Students. SCU Bannister with telegrams. SCU Students. SCU Bannister speaks:- (Nat.sd.) CU Ditto. SV Students chairing Bannister. Closer V Ditto. LV Bannister on student's shoulders, carried along street. SOUND EFFECTS. SCU Roger Bannisher speaks:- "Well, I was really quite lucky, it was actually a piece of teamwork, & I think I would not have been able to do it without Chataway & Brasher who kept the pace in the early part of the race." CU..."But, I don't expect I shall be running against the watch again for some time, but the big races I am looking forward to are the Empire Games in Vancouver & the European Games in Berne." GOOD SCENES:- CU Roger Bannister. Personalities - Sport; Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (b. 1929), Self-Reference; Personalities - Records Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st May 1954 13:00
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  • Location: OXFORD, ENGLAND ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, LONDON, ENGLAND
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  • Country: United Kingdom
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