Charles Eames Movies

  • 1972
    Computer Perspective

    Computer Perspective

    Computer Perspective

    71972HD

    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...

    Computer Perspective
  • 1961
    Something About Functions

    Something About Functions

    Something About Functions

    6.31961HD

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

    Something About Functions
  • 1961
    ECS (Eames Contact Storage)

    ECS (Eames Contact Storage)

    ECS (Eames Contact Storage)

    01961HD

    Produced to introduce the functions and design properties of the Eames Contract Storage units. This innovative use of live-action and animation...

    ECS (Eames Contact Storage)
  • 1972
    Design Q & A

    Design Q & A

    Design Q & A

    101972HD

    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.

    Design Q & A
  • 1955
    Two Baroque Churches in Germany

    Two Baroque Churches in Germany

    Two Baroque Churches in Germany

    01955HD

    hese two churches, Viersehnheiligen and Ottobeuren are rich examples of mid-18th-Century German Baroque, a time when music, literature, architecture...

    Two Baroque Churches in Germany
  • 1965
    The Smithsonian Institution

    The Smithsonian Institution

    The Smithsonian Institution

    91965HD

    Featuring narration by Walter Cronkite.

    The Smithsonian Institution
  • 1961
    IBM Mathematics Peep Show

    IBM Mathematics Peep Show

    IBM Mathematics Peep Show

    81961HD

    Documentary short

    IBM Mathematics Peep Show
  • 1972
    Banana Leaf

    Banana Leaf

    Banana Leaf

    81972HD

    A parable, photographed in live-action, about the use of eating utensils in India. Doubling as a social commentary, this film also examines the...

    Banana Leaf
  • 1952
    Blacktop

    Blacktop

    Blacktop

    7.31952HD

    A visually elegant study of water on a schoolyard playground.

    Blacktop
  • 1958
    The Expanding Airport

    The Expanding Airport

    The Expanding Airport

    8.51958HD

    To avoid making travelers walk excessive distances through a large airport, Washington, D.C.'s new airport is to use mobile departure lounges to...

    The Expanding Airport
  • 1950
    Traveling Boy

    Traveling Boy

    Traveling Boy

    01950HD

    With a cast consisting exclusively of toys, a Japanese windup boy carrying a suitcase has a series of encounters with other windup toys. Large...

    Traveling Boy
  • 1960
    Kaleidoscope Jazz Chair

    Kaleidoscope Jazz Chair

    Kaleidoscope Jazz Chair

    01960HD

    Photographed through a mirror system to achieve radial kaleidoscopic images, the beginning portion of this film consists of fast-moving kaleidoscopic...

    Kaleidoscope Jazz Chair
  • 1971
    Clown Face!

    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...

    Clown Face!
  • 1972
    Alpha

    Alpha

    Alpha

    71972HD

    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...

    Alpha
  • 1953
    Bread

    Bread

    Bread

    6.61953HD

    Presented without voiceover, various kinds of breads are displayed and broken in a joyous celebration of starch, seed and salt.

    Bread