Bannister Everest on the Track (2016)

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 Britains 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 sub400 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 scholarathlete ideal Can the lunchtimetrained runner immersed in his medical school studies inject the booster shot into Britains flagging but still flickering morale