Philips-Radio

Philips-Radio^[1]
Philips-Radio
Directed by	Joris Ivens
Written by	Joris Ivens
Cinematography	Joris Ivens; Edgar Fernhout; Mark Kolthout
Edited by	Joris Ivens; Helen van Dongen
Music by	Lou Lichtveld
Production; company	Philips
Release date	1931;
Running time	36 minutes
Country	Netherlands
Language	Dutch

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]