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Powers of 10

Director: Charles Eames, Ray Eames Country: USA Year: 1977 Length: 9' Genre: documentary Screenplay: Charles Eames, Ray Eames Cinematography: Charles Eames, Ray Eames Music: Elmer Bernstein Appearing: voice: Philip Morrison Other: scenography: Charles Eames, Ray Eames

A set of pictures of two picnickers in a park, with the area of each frame one-tenth the size of the one before. Starting from a view of the entire known universe, the camera gradually zooms in until we are viewing the subatomic particles on a man’s hand.