Charles Eames Movies
- 1990
Solar Do-Nothing Machine
Solar Do-Nothing Machine01990HD
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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- 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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- 1957
The Information Machine
The Information Machine5.51957HD
Charles 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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- 1955
House: After Five Years of Living
House: After Five Years of Living51955HD
The Eames House and Studio is explored via a series of slides.
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- 1957
Toccata for Toy Trains
Toccata for Toy Trains7.31957HD
An 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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- 1971
Clown Face!
Clown Face!01971HD
The movie "Clown Face" offers a very rare glimpse into the backstage private world of Circus Clowns. Here, you can look behind the curtain. You will...
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- 1970
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 Eames01970HD
An 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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- 1957
Tops (from Stars of Jazz)
Tops (from Stars of Jazz)01957HD
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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- 1961
Something About Functions
Something About Functions51961HD
The concept of a mathematical function is illustrated as used in science.
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- 1954
S-73 (Sofa Compact)
S-73 (Sofa Compact)01954HD
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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- 1958
The Expanding Airport
The Expanding Airport91958HD
To avoid making travelers walk excessive distances through a large airport, Washington, D.C.'s new airport is to use mobile departure lounges to...
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- 1965
The Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution01965HD
Featuring narration by Walter Cronkite.
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- 1968
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 Universe6.31968HD
A 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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- 1953
A Communications Primer
A Communications Primer21953HD
An early attempt to present communications theory, made to encourage the breaking down of barriers of thinking between disciplines and to discourage...
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- 1965
The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache
The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache01965HD
A morality film where Sherlock Holmes solves a case using Boolean logic.
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- 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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