"Miracle Mile" August 7th, Vancouver - Live television footage 

Although the race was just slightly before my time...Roger Bannister was still one of my boyhood idols. RIP Dr. Bannister. Remarkable achievement both on and off the track.

To put this race in perspective, Bannister {England}, Landy {Australia}, Ferguson {Canada} and Milligan {Northern Ireland} all hit the 1,500m mark ahead of the time posted in the '52 Olympics by Champion Barthel of Luxembourg

Great race, 2 great pioneer milers, Dr. Bannister retired after this race, thank you for the upload.

great race...landy was spent...great race..John Landy was one of the greatest sportsman runners of all time...if it were not for him...roger would not have run the times he did...and both of them knew it...long live the pure sportsmen...long live athletes doing the best they possibly can while not forgetting who and what kind of persons they are!

The golden years when the World came together. A time for us all to dream about making the impossible an accomplishment! RIP, Sir Roger Bannister, you were one tall inspiration to me, and so many others!

Beautiful original coverage of the entire race, what more could you ask for?

Rest in peace Sir Roger (from Vancouver, B.C.)

To see this "race of the century" live at a time before video tape recorders existed, was quite an amazing thing for people in North America. On the same broadcast, Jim Peters came into the stadium just half a lap from the finish of the marathon, at world-record pace. But he'd depleted his hydration and electrolytes to the point that he collapsed and couldn't finish. This event brought the beginning of providing water stations along marathon courses and the development of sports drinks to replenish electrolytes.

What a bloody mile God rest them

Back in 1954 CBUT wasn't connected to the CBC network- so for the race to be seen live outside of Vancouver NBC quickly built 3 microwave towers in NW Washington State so the CBUT signal could be relayed to Seattle. From Seattle, the signal was sent by coaxial cable across the US, and up to Toronto. That is how the race was shown throughout the US and Eastern Canada.

An incredible finish. At the 5:46 mark, while Landy looked inside to see Bannister, Bannister passed him on the outside.

This was exiting!

My parents were at the race

John Landy Roger Bannister both in less than 4mins

Epic race 🏁

5:46 The 'Image'.

Is that wes santee announcing?

Wonder why Landy, already in the first lane, looked to his inside several times (3) near the finish? Mistake!

rich ferguson did it in 4:04 see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1954_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games

England's David Law loses his right shoe at 2:15.

It would have been more entertaining if the Dr. B. collapse pantomime (only engaged in after a win) also embraced some violent shaking and foaming of the mouth. But it was impressive.