Ray Eames Movies
- 1960
An Introduction to Feedback
An Introduction to Feedback01960HD
The short film uses a variety of familiar examples that have the feedback principle in common to present a broad view of the phenomena present in...
- 1972
Computer Perspective
Computer Perspective01972HD
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...
- 1973
The World of Franklin and Jefferson
The World of Franklin and Jefferson01973HD
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...
- 1969
The Image of the City
The Image of the City01969HD
"Based on the exhibition "Photography and the city", designed by the Eames Office for the Smithsonian Institute". A primer on the modern problems of...
- 1964
THINK
THINK01964HD
A multi-screen presentation at the Ovoid Theater of the IBM Pavilion of the New York World's Fair.
- 1972
SX-70
SX-7051972HD
A promotional film for the Eames designed Polaroid Sx-70 camera.
- 1961
Something About Functions
Something About Functions41961HD
The concept of a mathematical function is illustrated as used in science.
- 1972
Alpha
Alpha01972HD
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...
- 1953
A Communications Primer
A Communications Primer01953HD
An early attempt to present communications theory, made to encourage the breaking down of barriers of thinking between disciplines and to discourage...
- 1965
The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache
The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache01965HD
A morality film where Sherlock Holmes solves a case using Boolean logic.
- 1954
S-73 (Sofa Compact)
S-73 (Sofa Compact)01954HD
This film traces the design development of the Eames Sofa Compact, which folds for easy flat-pack shipping. The film, one of the first Charles and...
- 1971
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...
- 1972
Design Q & A
Design Q & A01972HD
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.
- 1965
The Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution01965HD
Featuring narration by Walter Cronkite.
- 1978
Lucia Chase Vignette
Lucia Chase Vignette01978HD
Lucia Eames chases a little boy after he steals her diary. It is one of 6 shorts made to display the use of Polavision.
- 1961
IBM Mathematics Peep Show
IBM Mathematics Peep Show01961HD
Documentary short