Powers of Ten

1968 set of two short American documentary films directed by Ray Eames and Charles Eames
Movie short_film Q184542
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Powers of Ten

Summary

Powers of Ten is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (269 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Powers of Ten's instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • Powers of Ten was directed by Charles Eames[4].
  • Powers of Ten was directed by Ray Eames[5].
  • Powers of Ten's composer is recorded as Elmer Bernstein[6].
  • Powers of Ten's genre is documentary film[7].
  • Powers of Ten's genre is popular science film[8].
  • Powers of Ten's based on is recorded as Cosmic View[9].
  • A cast member of Powers of Ten was Philip Morrison[10].
  • Powers of Ten's director of photography is recorded as Alex Funke[11].
  • Powers of Ten is part of National Film Registry[12].
  • The original language of Powers of Ten was English[13].
  • Powers of Ten's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • Powers of Ten was released on January 1, 1968[15].
  • Powers of Ten was published on January 1, 1977[16].
  • Powers of Ten's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.864980555556, 'lon': -87.613391666667}[17].
  • Powers of Ten's distributed by is recorded as IBM[18].
  • Powers of Ten's narrative location is recorded as Chicago[19].
  • Powers of Ten's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Powers of Ten'}[20].
  • Powers of Ten's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+9'}[21].

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Authorship and Creation

Directors include Charles Eames[4] and Ray Eames[5]. A cast member of Powers of Ten was Philip Morrison[10].

Publication

Publication dates include January 1, 1968[15] and January 1, 1977[16]. The original language of Powers of Ten was English[13]. Genres include documentary film[7] and popular science film[8]. It is part of National Film Registry[12].

Why It Matters

Powers of Ten ranks in the top 4% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (269 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on Cosmic View
    Aliases
    P14449 111130
    Publication date +1968-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
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