The Films of Charles and Ray Eames. Volume 1, Powers of ten [videorecording] / a production of the Eames Office ; produced by Eames Demetrios & Shelley Mills.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Pyramid Film & Video,
Copyright Date:
c1989
Description:
1 videocassette (VHS) (21 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Title from cassette. Introduction narrated by Gregory Peck.
Summary:
Presents two versions of Charles and Ray Eames film, Powers of ten, which illustrate the relative size of things in the physical universe. Each takes the viewer from the earth to the outer galaxies, showing the increase of time and distance in increments of ten, then, returning to earth, proceed from the human scale into the microworld of cells, DNA molecules, and the carbon atom.
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