Powers of Ten
Powers of Ten
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A scientific film essay, narrated by Phil Morrison. A set of pictures of two picnickers in a park, with the area of each frame one-tenth the size of...
Ray Eames
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A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe
A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe6/101968HDA Rough Sketch features a linear view of our universe from the human scale to the sea of galaxies, then directly down to the nucleus of a carbon...
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Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Eames: The Architect and the Painter7/102011HDInterviews with the junior designers swept into the 24-7 world of "The Eamery" are the heart of this complex picture of a husband-and-wife creative...
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The Fabulous Fifties
The Fabulous Fifties6/101960HDThe Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of...
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Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead4.5/101957HDA portrayal of the Mexican Day of the Dead consisting of still shots and narration. Deals with the special objects and events surrounding the annual...
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A Computer Glossary
A Computer Glossary0/101968HDFrom hardware to software, the basics of then-current computing technology is explained.
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2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers
2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers7/101961HD2ⁿ is a story about the exponential growth of numbers raised to powers. Part of the Mathematica Peep Shows, one of five films made to accompany...
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Goods: From a Three-Screen Slide Show Made for a Lecture on "The New Covetables" Given by Charles Eames
Goods: From a Three-Screen Slide Show Made for a Lecture on "The New Covetables" Given by Charles Eames0/101970HDAn excerpt from the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, which Charles delivered at Harvard University in 1970-71. Includes an evocative discussion of what...
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Bread
Bread6/101953HDPresented without voiceover, various kinds of breads are displayed and broken in a joyous celebration of starch, seed and salt.
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The Black Ships
The Black Ships0/101970HDCreated with imagery taken from the 19th-Century Japanese woodcuts on display in the Smithsonian Institution’s exhibition “The Japanese...
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The Image of the City
The Image of the City0/101969HD"Based on the exhibition "Photography and the city", designed by the Eames Office for the Smithsonian Institute". A primer on the modern problems of...
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The Information Machine
The Information Machine5.5/101957HDCharles and Ray produced this film for IBM’s pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. The Information Machine was the first...
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Eames Lounge Chair
Eames Lounge Chair7/101956HDStop-motion animation depicts a man assembling an Eames lounge chair, sitting down to relax in it, and then disassembling it for shipment.
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Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem
Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem5/101961HDShort animated film commissioned by IBM - to illustrate Camille Jordan's concept of topology - the fact that a simple closed curve divides a plane...
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Symmetry
Symmetry7.5/101961HDSymmetry is one of five shorts featured in the film "Mathematical Peep Shows." The collection was made by Charles and Ray Eames for the IBM...
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House: After Five Years of Living
House: After Five Years of Living4.5/101955HDThe Eames House and Studio is explored via a series of slides.
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The Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Get the Way They Are
The Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Get the Way They Are0/101970HDThe process of manufacturing fiberglass chairs is shown through visuals only, with no narration.
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Something About Functions
Something About Functions4/101961HDThe concept of a mathematical function is illustrated as used in science.
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Toccata for Toy Trains
Toccata for Toy Trains8/101957HDAn interesting look at the world of toy trains, shot from the perspective of the little world itself. Originally created for model train enthusiasts,...
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Blacktop
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Babbage’s Calculating Machine or Difference Engine
Babbage’s Calculating Machine or Difference Engine0/101968HDA rare, live-action, and close-up study of the only existing Babbage Difference Engine, a machine designed in the first quarter of the 19th-Century...
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Nicholas Copernicus
Nicholas Copernicus0/101973HDThe life and work of the astronomer Nicolas Copernicus are shown by means of images of his writings and drawings and places he was associated with.
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Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes7/101961HDThe Greek mathematician Eratosthenes estimates the circumference of the earth.
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The World of Franklin and Jefferson
The World of Franklin and Jefferson0/101973HDThe lives of Franklin and Jefferson are used as prisms through which to evoke colonial America. With a dynamic timeline and a wealth of images drawn...
