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Philips glasfabrieken

synopsis

Corporate film by Philips.
 
Philips was a vertically organized company that did almost everything in-house: the technological and chemical research, the transport, and the production of finished and semi-finished products. The company saw the promotional possibilities of film early on, and had dozens of corporate films made to present Philips to the outside world. The film Philips Glassworks was shot in the Philips factory that produced glass housings for lightbulbs. In the factory, dozens of glass blowers can be seen making these glass housings. Two of them even manage to blow and stretch a piece of glass to a length of twenty meters.

production year
1922
country
Netherlands
category
Non-fictional
locations
alternative title
  • Philipsglasfabriek
given title
  • Compilatie glasfabrieken
  • Philips glasfabrieken
production company
modified date
20 December 2011
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sources

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B. Hogenkamp & M. Lauwers, De films van de Vereeniging Nederlandsch Fabrikaat, Amsterdam (1993), p. 29
J. Soetens & J. Meihuizen, Glas op celluloid : Nederlandse cineasten en de glasfabrieken 1918-1958, Amsterdam (2006)