Charles Eames Movies

Various kinds of tops are shown spinning.

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

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...

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

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

A short film of the opening of the last museum exhibition prepared by the Eames. The exhibition was called "The World of Franklin and Jefferson" and...

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...

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.

In 1957, Charles and Ray designed the Solar Do-Nothing Machine for Alcoa, the Aluminum Company of America. True to the Eameses’ belief that...

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

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...

A film record of an exhibition of the late work of Paul Cezanne, organized by The Museum of Modern Art and the Reunion des Musees Nationaux in Paris....

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...

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

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

Utilizing surveys and reports on the background of cable television, this film explores its place in the world of television, and its future...

Featuring narration by Walter Cronkite.

The Greek mathematician Eratosthenes estimates the circumference of the earth.

A film by Charles and Ray Eames