Charles Eames Movies
- 1978
Cezanne
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A film record of an exhibition of the late work of Paul Cezanne, organized by The Museum of Modern Art and the Reunion des Musees Nationaux in Paris....
- 1955
House: After Five Years of Living
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The Eames House and Studio is explored via a series of slides.
- 1960
An Introduction to Feedback
An Introduction to Feedback01960HD
The short film uses a variety of familiar examples that have the feedback principle in common to present a broad view of the phenomena present in...
- 1961
IBM Mathematics Peep Show
IBM Mathematics Peep Show01961HD
Documentary short
- 1955
Two Baroque Churches in Germany
Two Baroque Churches in Germany01955HD
hese two churches, Viersehnheiligen and Ottobeuren are rich examples of mid-18th-Century German Baroque, a time when music, literature, architecture...
- 1972
Alpha
Alpha01972HD
One of a series of three films on mathematics conceived and produced by the Eames Office with Ray Redheffer, professor of Mathematics at UCLA. A...
- 1970
The Black Ships
The Black Ships01970HD
Created with imagery taken from the 19th-Century Japanese woodcuts on display in the Smithsonian Institution’s exhibition “The Japanese...
- 1958
The Expanding Airport
The Expanding Airport101958HD
To avoid making travelers walk excessive distances through a large airport, Washington, D.C.'s new airport is to use mobile departure lounges to...
- 1952
Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street
Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street61952HD
A live action pageant of mechanical toys, animals, puppets, cars, lead soldiers, and dolls—all set in motion. Toy buildings and photographic or...
- 1960
Kaleidoscope Jazz Chair
Kaleidoscope Jazz Chair01960HD
Photographed through a mirror system to achieve radial kaleidoscopic images, the beginning portion of this film consists of fast-moving kaleidoscopic...
- 1957
Day of the Dead
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A portrayal of the Mexican Day of the Dead consisting of still shots and narration. Deals with the special objects and events surrounding the annual...
- 1968
Babbage’s Calculating Machine or Difference Engine
Babbage’s Calculating Machine or Difference Engine01968HD
A 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...
- 1973
The World of Franklin & Jefferson: Authors of Independence and Architects of the American Experiment
The World of Franklin & Jefferson: Authors of Independence and Architects of the American Experiment01973HD
This film was produced to present the Eames proposal to make an American Revolution Bicentennial celebration. The exhibition would compare and...
- 1964
THINK
THINK01964HD
A multi-screen presentation at the Ovoid Theater of the IBM Pavilion of the New York World's Fair.
- 1965
IBM at the Fair
IBM at the Fair01965HD
This film reveals design proposals for the IBM pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. It incorporates photography and animation to present the...
- 1972
Banana Leaf
Banana Leaf01972HD
A parable, photographed in live-action, about the use of eating utensils in India. Doubling as a social commentary, this film also examines the...
- 1972
Computer Perspective
Computer Perspective01972HD
Based on an existing slide show the Eames Office had made about the exhibition, A Computer Perspective (produced for IBM in 1971). The film is a...
- 1961
Eratosthenes
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The Greek mathematician Eratosthenes estimates the circumference of the earth.
- 1972
SX-70
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A promotional film for the Eames designed Polaroid Sx-70 camera.
- 1953
Bread
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Presented without voiceover, various kinds of breads are displayed and broken in a joyous celebration of starch, seed and salt.