1931年,应苏联导演普多夫金的邀请赴苏联访问了3个月,伊文思在那里做了几十次演讲,并放映了自己的影片,也观看了杜甫仁科等苏联电影工作者的作品。回荷兰后,应“菲利浦电器公司”之请,拍摄了宣传片《工业交响曲》(又名《菲利浦收音机》)。他不顾厂方严格的限制,在影片中揭示了高度机械化劳动对工人的身体和精神造成的损害。 one of the most important ivens' works. Philips Radio is considered the third important Dutch avant-garde film of Joris Ivens, after The Bridge and Rain. The film was commissioned by Philips in order to show the modern production process of radio's in the factories and offices in Eindhoven. Only in a later stage of the shootings it was decided to use the latest film sound technologies in studios in France and make the first Dutch sound film.