We'll Keep Our Eyes Peeled
About We'll Keep Our Eyes Peeled
The short, billed as a cinema-propaganda poster, shows Britain's foreign secretary Lord Curzon pressing a trade embargo on the Soviet state. Newsreel and animation cut together as people are told to buy government bonds, the obligatsii, and factories rise anyway.
Cast & crew
More about We'll Keep Our Eyes Peeled
Nikolai Khodataev's group directed the short. It mixes live newsreel with drawn scenes. A circulating copy runs under three minutes.
Themes
Notes
- The bonds in the film are the state obligatsii sold in repeated Soviet campaigns.
Scenes
- Curzon is drawn pressing the embargo.
- Buyers take the bonds and the picture cuts to new industry.
