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Powers of Ten

  • June 1977
  • 9mins

  • Documentary
  • Animation
  • Directed by

    Charles Eames,

    Ray Eames,

    Starring

    Philip Morrison,

    A scientific film essay, narrated by Phil Morrison. 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.