Philiwood Eindhoven

Philiwood on Strijp
"At that time, the 'silent' film was rampant, with clarifiers and orchestras to provide the image with sound," says Anton. "There were early sound films, but it was not yet possible to synchronize sound and image. Still, Philips saw bread in the sound film and started a film studio complex, which was popularly called Philiwood. The real breakthrough, however, came with the discovery that you could put sound as an optical line on film material.