Charles Eames Movies
- 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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- 1972
Design Q & A
Design Q & A01972HD
The Eames design philosophy presented in the form of a series of questions posed by a curator at the Louvre and answered by Charles Eames.
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- 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...
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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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- 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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- 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...
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- 1959
Glimpses of the USA
Glimpses of the USA01959HD
A seven-screen presentation for the American pavilion at the Moscow World's Fair.
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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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- 1957
Toccata for Toy Trains
Toccata for Toy Trains81957HD
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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- 1974
Kepler's Laws
Kepler's Laws01974HD
Animated graphic symbols presented in a constant time frame are used to diagram and explain the laws of planetary motion devised by the...
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- 1969
The Image of the City
The Image of the City01969HD
"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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- 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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- 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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- 1965
The Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution01965HD
Featuring narration by Walter Cronkite.
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- 1961
IBM Mathematics Peep Show
IBM Mathematics Peep Show01961HD
Documentary short
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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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