The films of Charles & Ray Eames. Volume 1.

Powers of ten: illustrates a picnic in Chicago and then begins moving ten times farther out every ten seconds, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light. Then, we move inward into the hand of a sleeping picnicker with ten times more magnification every ten seconds.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Image Entertainment (Firm), Pyramid Film & Video, Office of Charles and Ray Eames, International Business Machines Corporation, Commission on College Physics
Other Authors: Eames, Charles, Eames, Ray, Demetrios, Eames, Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Pyramid Film & Video ; [2000]
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Description
Summary:Powers of ten: illustrates a picnic in Chicago and then begins moving ten times farther out every ten seconds, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light. Then, we move inward into the hand of a sleeping picnicker with ten times more magnification every ten seconds.
A rough sketch for a proposed film dealing with the powers of ten and the relative size of things in the universe: is an earlier version of the same concept illustrated in Powers of ten.
901 : after 45 years of working: examines the Office of Charles and Ray Eames as it is being dismantled and cleaned out.
Item Description:Powers of ten was originally produced as a motion picture in 1977, A rough sketch for a proposed film dealing with the powers of ten and the relative size of things in the universe in 1968, and 901 : after 45 years of working in 1989.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital mono.
Production Credits:Powers of ten / made by the Office of Charles and Ray Eames for IBM -- A rough sketch for a proposed film dealing with the powers of ten and the relative size of things in the universe / production, Antti Pantero, Tadas Zilius, Ted Organ ; made for the Commission on College Physics by the Office of Charles Eames -- 901 : after 45 years of working / produced by Eames Demetrios and Lucia Eames Demetrios ; written, directed, photographed, and edited by Eames Demetrios.