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Released
1977 · FILM

Powers of Ten

Runtime
9 min
Documentary

Synopsis

A scientific film essay narrated by Phil Morrison, the film presents a series of images depicting two picnickers in a park, with each frame's area one-tenth the size of the previous one. Beginning with a view of the entire known universe, the camera steadily zooms in, progressively narrowing the focus until it reaches the subatomic particles on a man's hand.

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Principal cast & crew: 4

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Craft leads on file

Scored by Elmer BernsteinDesigned by Charles Eames

Also known as

  • Zehn Hochde

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