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0516117 - 1959
Eight days locked in a 98 degree 'Hot Box' with regular climbs up and down steps to the ticking of a metronome, that was the special fatigue duty that four soldiers volunteered for. This experiment to test men's reactions to tropical heat, was caried out in a London basement by army doctor Captain Roger Bannister. The photo shows from left to right: Colin Smith of Kilburn, Dr Roger Bannister (famous athelete) and Corporal Christopher Roberts.
12th March 1959.
©2002 Credit:Topham Picturepoint
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