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Bannister: Everest on the Track

2016-04-12

70 mins

The Plot

History wonks and running buffs will vie for who loves this movie the most. "Everest on the Track" is as much an historical study of Britain's psychological, if not almost physical, need for something - anything - to erase the woes of World War II as it is a fresh look at the quest for the first sub-4:00 mile, the heretofore deemed physically impossible. Before the war, Britain had bloomed best in its Sporting Tradition, but the amateur accolades leading to Olympic accomplishments were blown off the podiums in the 1952 Helsinki Games. Roger Bannister was the epitome of that disappearing scholar-athlete ideal. Can the lunchtime-trained runner immersed in his medical school studies inject the booster shot into Britain's flagging but still flickering morale?

Cast and Crew

Roger Bannister

Roger Bannister

Self

Sebastian Coe

Sebastian Coe

Self

Dave Bedford

Dave Bedford

Self

Christopher Chataway

Christopher Chataway

Self

Harold Carter

Harold Carter

Self

Steve Cram

Steve Cram

Self

Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary

Self - (Archive footage)

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