Charles Eames Movies
- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 1961
Something About Functions
Something About Functions41961HD
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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- 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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- 1965
The Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution01965HD
Featuring narration by Walter Cronkite.
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- 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...
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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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- 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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- 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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- 1972
SX-70
SX-7051972HD
A promotional film for the Eames designed Polaroid Sx-70 camera.
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- 1952
Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street
Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street6.51952HD
A live action pageant of mechanical toys, animals, puppets, cars, lead soldiers, and dolls—all set in motion. Toy buildings and photographic or...
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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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