Powers of Ten (film)

Powers of Ten
Title card for the 1977 version
Directed byCharles and Ray Eames
Based onCosmic View by Kees Boeke
Narrated by
Music byElmer Bernstein
Distributed by
  • IBM
  • Pyramid Films
Release date
  • September 4, 1977 (1977-09-04)
Running time
9 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Powers of Ten films are two short American documentary films written and directed by Charles and Ray Eames. Both works depict the relative scale of the Universe according to an order of magnitude (or logarithmic scale) based on a factor of ten, first expanding out from the Earth until the entire universe is surveyed, then reducing inward until a single atom and its quarks are observed.