Peace Loan - Watch for the Aeroplane
In addition to the loss of life, wars cost money. Government campaigns encouraged Australians to support the war effort by purchasing war bonds which would be repaid with interest. After the war ended these became ‘Peace Loans’ to recover the cost of the war, including assisting returned service personnel to settle back into civilian life.
Peace Loan - Watch for the Aeroplane
In addition to the loss of life, wars cost money. Government campaigns encouraged Australians to support the war effort by purchasing war bonds which would be repaid with interest. After the war ended these became ‘Peace Loans’ to recover the cost of the war, including assisting returned service personnel to settle back into civilian life.
Year: August 1920
Length: 00:29
Production Company: Unknown
Credits: Unknown
Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Catalogue Reference: NFSA title: 67944
Location: Australia
Tags: Peace Loans, aeroplane
Subject: Peace Loans
This aircraft carries a poster proclaiming ‘Peace Loan - Watch for the Aeroplane’, which was the slogan of the second peace loan. Watch for the poster in this clip – it doesn’t even survive take-off! The second peace loan campaign employed aeroplanes flying around the country and giving aerobatic displays to raise awareness and encourage donations to the campaign. It was an early use of aeroplanes as a promotional tool to attract public attention. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was one of the first subscribers to the second peace loan. Newspapers of the time reported that a framed photographic portrait of him with a personal message of thanks was presented to towns which over-subscribed to the campaign. The aeroplane in this clip, an Avro 504, was one of many surplus military planes gifted to Commonwealth countries following the end of the war in 1919.