Philips-Radio

For the Dutch radio station, see Philips § Radio.
Philips-Radio[1]
Directed byJoris Ivens
Written byJoris Ivens
CinematographyJoris Ivens
Edgar Fernhout
Mark Kolthout
Edited byJoris Ivens
Helen van Dongen
Music byLou Lichtveld
Production
company
Release date
  • 1931 (1931)
Running time
36 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

Philips-Radio is a 1931 Dutch documentary short film directed by Joris Ivens. Commissioned by Philips, the film served as a promotional tool to showcase the latest production processes of Philips radios in the company's facilities in Eindhoven.[2] The cinematography, led by Ivens, captured the rhythmic interaction between machinery and factory workers, portraying the manufacturing procedures. Ivens made the decision to engage a Paris-based studio to integrate sound techniques into the film, making it the first Dutch sound film ever produced.[3]

The film is on permanent display in the 20th-century section of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Philips-Radio (1931)".
  2. ^ "Philips Radio (2009) | IDFA Archive".
  3. ^ "Films - Europese Stichting Joris Ivens".
  4. ^ "Philips Radio, Joris Ivens, 1931".
  5. ^ "Ivens Philips Radio in renewed Rijksmuseum - European Foundation Joris Ivens".


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