Ray Eames Movies
- 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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- 1970
The Black Ships
The Black Ships51970HD
Created with imagery taken from the 19th-Century Japanese woodcuts on display in the Smithsonian Institution’s exhibition “The Japanese...
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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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- 1970
A Small Hydromedusan: Polyorchis Haplus
A Small Hydromedusan: Polyorchis Haplus01970HD
A live-action film of a rare sea creature. The tiny transparent life form (only 5/8″ high) has only rarely been observed in its natural...
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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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- 1976
The World of Franklin and Jefferson: The Opening Of An Exhibition
The World of Franklin and Jefferson: The Opening Of An Exhibition01976HD
A short film of the opening of the last museum exhibition prepared by the Eames. The exhibition was called "The World of Franklin and Jefferson" and...
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- 1965
The Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution01965HD
Featuring narration by Walter Cronkite.
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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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- 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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- 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...
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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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- 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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- 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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- 1961
Something About Functions
Something About Functions51961HD
The concept of a mathematical function is illustrated as used in science.
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- 1967
National Fisheries Center and Aquarium
National Fisheries Center and Aquarium01967HD
The film sets forth the objectives of the planned Center, describes its architectural program, and gives a guided tour through a model of 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 Are61970HD
The process of manufacturing fiberglass chairs is shown through visuals only, with no narration.
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