Charles Eames Movies

The Greek mathematician Eratosthenes estimates the circumference of the earth.

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.

The film sets forth the objectives of the planned Center, describes its architectural program, and gives a guided tour through a model of the...

An early attempt to present communications theory, made to encourage the breaking down of barriers of thinking between disciplines and to discourage...

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...

Animated graphic symbols presented in a constant time frame are used to diagram and explain the laws of planetary motion devised by the...

"Based on the exhibition "Photography and the city", designed by the Eames Office for the Smithsonian Institute". A primer on the modern problems of...

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...

An interesting look at the world of toy trains, shot from the perspective of the little world itself. Originally created for model train enthusiasts,...

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...

The concept of a mathematical function is illustrated as used in science.

This film reveals design proposals for the IBM pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. It incorporates photography and animation to present the...

A seven-screen presentation for the American pavilion at the Moscow World's Fair.

Featuring narration by Walter Cronkite.

Lucia Eames chases a little boy after he steals her diary. It is one of 6 shorts made to display the use of Polavision.

Documentary short