Bibliograph

Bannister, Everest on the track, a Kimbia Film ; directed by Tom Ratcliffe and Jeremy Mosher

Type

Label

Bannister, Everest on the track, a Kimbia Film ; directed by Tom Ratcliffe and Jeremy Mosher

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Bannister

Oclc number

945382344

Responsibility statement

a Kimbia Film ; directed by Tom Ratcliffe and Jeremy Mosher

Runtime

Sub title

Everest on the track

Summary

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?

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Everest on the track

Classification