The films of Charles and Ray Eames. Volume 2 /

Toccata for toy trains: a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Eames, Charles, Eames, Ray, Mills, Shelley, Demetrios, Lucia Eames, Demetrios, Eames, Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, 2000.
Subjects:	Railroads > Models. Architecture, Domestic > California. Office furniture. United States Naval Expedition to Japan > (1852-1854) Experimental films. Short films.

Description
Summary:	Toccata for toy trains: a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains. House : after five years of living: illustrates the home and studio designed and built by Charles Eames on a hill in California overlooking the ocean. Lucia chase vignette: follows a sister chasing her brother through the Eames house and vicinity. Kaleidoscope jazz chair: a kaleidoscope tour of the Eames office and their multicolored chairs. The black ships: illustrates Admiral Perry's 1853 naval expedition to Japan through Japanese prints. Atlas: a map of the Roman Empire expands and contracts, encapsulating the ebb and flow of the Empire's history. Blacktop: a story of the washing of a school play yard focuses on the patterns and abstractions created by the soapy water.
Item Description:	Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (65 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; Dolby digital mono.