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The Miracle Mile

20 August 2009 3 Comments

An exciting and poetic short documentary exploring the four minute mile, the perfect race. Englishman Roger Bannister was the first to break it and now it is considered the standard for any competitive long distance runner to master.

Longer races are boring. But not the mile. The mile, in under four minutes. This is a short documentary about the history of an astounding human feat.

This Future Shorts festival title is inspired by Golden Bear winning film ‘Please Say Something’ by David O’Reilly which is featured as part of the programme.

Thanks to the Fit Bottomed Girls for signaling this video.

The video is part of the FutureShorts initiative, check their youtube page for more info and videos.

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  • Campanola said:

    A four minute mile– that’s fantastic! I can barely run an 8 minute mile.. actually I’ve never been able to do it except on the elliptical. I just wasn’t made to run fast in long distances. (Yes, a mile is long for me). This video is great! So inspiring.
    -Sylvia

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