Elmer Bernstein Movies

The story of the 1960 US Presidential election

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 life and work of the astronomer Nicolas Copernicus are shown by means of images of his writings and drawings and places he was associated with.

Frank Sinatra, the greatest entertainer of the 20th century, is remembered by some of the brightest stars in Hollywood in this television memorial...

A documentary about the making of "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Short animated film commissioned by IBM - to illustrate Camille Jordan's concept of topology - the fact that a simple closed curve divides a plane...

The short film uses a variety of familiar examples that have the feedback principle in common to present a broad view of the phenomena present in...

A boy enters a pet shop intending to buy a dog with a hip problem. The shop owner tries to convince him not to but the boy has other ideas.

A documentary about men who are courageous enough to risk their lives undertaking challenges, sports-related and not, that are at the limit of human...

Stella Farrell is a southern belle in 1860's Charleston, South Carolina who is determined to hang onto her aristocratic family's mansion following...

Various kinds of tops are shown spinning.

Using live-action footage, animation, and still photography of a scale model, this film presents the Eames unique multimedia concept for making the...

The subject of problem solving begins with an explanation of what the Eameses called “the information machine, “a device for presenting...

Allied commandos try to knock out Nazi communications on the French coast.

Taking the Wheel is a dark comedy about the complicated relationship between an obstinate 90-year-old woman who refuses to give up driving, and her...

An early attempt to present communications theory, made to encourage the breaking down of barriers of thinking between disciplines and to discourage...

2ⁿ is a story about the exponential growth of numbers raised to powers. Part of the Mathematica Peep Shows, one of five films made to accompany...

For 70 years, the sudden sinking of the mighty British ship Britannic - larger than the sister ship Titanic - has been shrouded in mystery. Jacques...

An interesting look at the world of toy trains, shot from the perspective of the little world itself. Originally created for model train enthusiasts,...

This film reveals design proposals for the IBM pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. It incorporates photography and animation to present the...