Bell Laboratories Movies

  • 1970
    The Color of the Sun

    The Color of the Sun

    The Color of the Sun

    01970HD

    Haunted by the same strange yellow entity that took her parents, a girl survives by using her wit and new-found ability to escape through color.

    The Color of the Sun
  • 1964
    A Computer Technique for the Production of Animated Movies

    A Computer Technique for the Production of Animated Movies

    A Computer Technique for the Production of Animated Movies

    01964HD

    Produced by programming in the BEFLIX language, run on an IBM 7094 computer, output via a Stromberg Carlson 4020 microfilm printer, describing the...

    A Computer Technique for the Production of Animated Movies
  • 1978
    The Compleat Angler

    The Compleat Angler

    The Compleat Angler

    01978HD

    After receiving his Ph.D. from NCSU in 1978, Turner Whitted left for Bell Labs and proceeded to shake the CGI world with an algorithm that could...

    The Compleat Angler
  • 1963
    Simulation of a Two-Gyro Gravity-Gradient Attitude Control System

    Simulation of a Two-Gyro Gravity-Gradient Attitude Control System

    Simulation of a Two-Gyro Gravity-Gradient Attitude Control System

    01963HD

    This film was a specific project to define how a particular type of satellite would move through space.

    Simulation of a Two-Gyro Gravity-Gradient Attitude Control System
  • 1964
    3-D Film

    3-D Film

    3-D Film

    01964HD

    A computer sculpture combining the "...random scattering of lines about specified, but never drawn, trend lines." A 24 second b&w 16mm loop after...

    3-D Film
  • 1965
    A Computer-Generated Ballet

    A Computer-Generated Ballet

    A Computer-Generated Ballet

    01965HD

    Created at Bell Labs in 1965, this short film likely contains the first computer-generated animation of human figures in motion. The figures move (or...

    A Computer-Generated Ballet