Ray Eames Movies

  • 1961
    2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers

    2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers

    2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers

    6.71961HD

    2ⁿ is a story about the exponential growth of numbers raised to powers. Part of the Mathematica Peep Shows, one of five films made to accompany...

    2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers
  • 1952
    Blacktop

    Blacktop

    Blacktop

    7.31952HD

    A visually elegant study of water on a schoolyard playground.

    Blacktop
  • 1968
    A Computer Glossary

    A Computer Glossary

    A Computer Glossary

    7.51968HD

    From hardware to software, the basics of then-current computing technology is explained.

    A Computer Glossary
  • 1976
    Atlas: A Sketch of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

    Atlas: A Sketch of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

    Atlas: A Sketch of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

    01976HD

    Atlas gives the viewer an overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Beginning in 500 BC, a time clock at the bottom of the screen marks off...

    Atlas: A Sketch of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
  • 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
  • 1965
    The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache

    The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache

    The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache

    71965HD

    A morality film where Sherlock Holmes solves a case using Boolean logic.

    The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache
  • 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!
  • 1973
    The World of Franklin and Jefferson

    The World of Franklin and Jefferson

    The World of Franklin and Jefferson

    01973HD

    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 World of Franklin and Jefferson
  • 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
  • 1970
    A Small Hydromedusan: Polyorchis Haplus

    A Small Hydromedusan: Polyorchis Haplus

    A Small Hydromedusan: Polyorchis Haplus

    01970HD

    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...

    A Small Hydromedusan: Polyorchis Haplus
  • 1961
    Symmetry

    Symmetry

    Symmetry

    7.51961HD

    Symmetry is one of five shorts featured in the film "Mathematical Peep Shows." The collection was made by Charles and Ray Eames for the IBM...

    Symmetry
  • 1952
    Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street

    Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street

    Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street

    71952HD

    A live action pageant of mechanical toys, animals, puppets, cars, lead soldiers, and dolls—all set in motion. Toy buildings and photographic or...

    Parade, or Here They Come Down Our Street
  • 1953
    A Communications Primer

    A Communications Primer

    A Communications Primer

    51953HD

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

    A Communications Primer
  • 1957
    The Information Machine

    The Information Machine

    The Information Machine

    61957HD

    Charles and Ray produced this film for IBM’s pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. The Information Machine was the first...

    The Information Machine
  • 1961
    IBM Mathematics Peep Show

    IBM Mathematics Peep Show

    IBM Mathematics Peep Show

    81961HD

    Documentary short

    IBM Mathematics Peep Show
  • 1968
    Babbage’s Calculating Machine or Difference Engine

    Babbage’s Calculating Machine or Difference Engine

    Babbage’s Calculating Machine or Difference Engine

    01968HD

    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...

    Babbage’s Calculating Machine or Difference Engine
  • 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 Experiment

    The World of Franklin & Jefferson: Authors of Independence and Architects of the American Experiment

    01973HD

    This film was produced to present the Eames proposal to make an American Revolution Bicentennial celebration. The exhibition would compare and...

    The World of Franklin & Jefferson: Authors of Independence and Architects of the American Experiment
  • 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)
  • 1970
    Goods: From a Three-Screen Slide Show Made for a Lecture on

    Goods: From a Three-Screen Slide Show Made for a Lecture on "The New Covetables" Given by Charles Eames

    Goods: From a Three-Screen Slide Show Made for a Lecture on "The New Covetables" Given by Charles Eames

    01970HD

    An excerpt from the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, which Charles delivered at Harvard University in 1970-71. Includes an evocative discussion of what...

    Goods: From a Three-Screen Slide Show Made for a Lecture on