Charles Eames Movies
- 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...
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- 1973
The World of Franklin and Jefferson
The World of Franklin and Jefferson01973HD
The 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...
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- 1972
SX-70
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A promotional film for the Eames designed Polaroid Sx-70 camera.
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- 1957
Tops (from Stars of Jazz)
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This film was made by the Eamses on a weeks notice for a local Los Angeles TV show where jazz musicians improvised to the images live. The music that...
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- 1990
Solar Do-Nothing Machine
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In 1957, Charles and Ray designed the Solar Do-Nothing Machine for Alcoa, the Aluminum Company of America. True to the Eameses’ belief that...
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- 1978
Lucia Chase Vignette
Lucia Chase Vignette01978HD
Lucia Eames chases a little boy after he steals her diary. It is one of 6 shorts made to display the use of Polavision.
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- 1954
S-73 (Sofa Compact)
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This film traces the design development of the Eames Sofa Compact, which folds for easy flat-pack shipping. The film, one of the first Charles and...
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- 1952
Blacktop
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A visually elegant study of water on a schoolyard playground.
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 1961
Something About Functions
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The concept of a mathematical function is illustrated as used in science.
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- 1961
Eratosthenes
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The Greek mathematician Eratosthenes estimates the circumference of the earth.
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- 1976
Atlas: A Sketch of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
Atlas: A Sketch of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire01976HD
Atlas gives the viewer an overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Beginning in 500 BC, a time clock at the bottom of the screen marks off...
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- 1965
The Smithsonian Institution
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Featuring narration by Walter Cronkite.
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- 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...
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- 1970
The Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Get the Way They Are
The Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Get the Way They Are01970HD
The process of manufacturing fiberglass chairs is shown through visuals only, with no narration.
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