Charles and Ray Eames's 1959 film, Glimpses of the U.S.A., was commissioned by the U.S. State Department for the National Exhibition in Moscow. This seven-screen installation flashed 2,200 images (both still and moving) inside a massive golden geodesic dome that served as a major throughway during the event. That summer, over two million people visited the display, which was the first cross-cultural exchange between the two nations since the Bolshevik Revolution.

Glimpses of the U.S.A. popularized the idea of watching an array of television screens at the same time- a way of seeing that quickly spread to NASA mission control centers, air traffic control towers, factories, financial centers, and the multiple monitors found on many computer desktops.