How Vast Is Space? (1959)
1959 · Short film · 18 min · dir. J. Michael Hagopian
Synopsis
Film based on a book by Kees Boeke, “Cosmic View: Through the Universe in 40 Jumps” The film "How Vast Is Space" explores the immense scale of the universe by comparing distances and sizes, from the human body to cosmic structures. It emphasizes the relativity of size and distance, illustrating how we can visualize the universe through a series of magnified and reduced scales. The journey takes viewers from the atomic level to the edge of the observable universe, highlighting the vastness of space and the smallness of human existence within it. This concept was later shown in the Eames' "Power of Ten" and National Film Board of Canada's "Cosmic Zoom"
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Details
- Director
- J. Michael Hagopian
- Running time
- 18 minutes
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- space
- powers of ten
- Kees Boeke
Cast & crew
J. Michael Hagopian Director
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Long and not trippy like I hoped · jollyjole · 2026-03-19
Sweet video. Futuristic idealism of the look of space. Zoom in Zoom out, math, and a blonde girl and her cat in California. Try it and see. I learned stuff