Powers of Ten
- IMDb link: 0078106
- IMDb rating: 8 (2,526 votes) Search
- Genres: Short, Documentary
- Director: Charles Eames, Ray Eames
- Cast: Philip Morrison and others
- Release date: 4 Jun 1977
- Release year: 1977
- Runtime: 9 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: national film registry, independent short, picnic, narration, educational film, overhead camera shot, cosmic zoom, chicago illinois, science
Plot
Storyline
Beginning with a shot of a couple enjoying a picnic, then zooming out incrementally by powers of ten, the film offers a glimpse of everything from the edge of the known universe to the molecules on a person's hand.
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.
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