Andrew Helps was a police constable who risked his own safety by searching for Prime Minister Harold Holt in a small boat.

As each day passed hopes dimmed in finding any trace of the Prime Minister, let alone finding him alive. It was probably the most exhaustive search for an individual Australia had undertaken.

Lieutenant-colonel John Bennett was in charge of the army's search for Harold Holt.

This year, we're marking World Television Day on 21 November by sharing two recent ‘finds’ in the NFSA’s vast television collection.

No Hiding Place series became broadcasting network ITV’s best known 1960s police drama, making household names of its principal cast.

With all five overpasses opened to traffic and most of the roadwork laid, the final touches are added to the expressway including the installation of overhead lighting; the laying of asphalt paving

On 31 March, 1966, the 'newly minted' Prime Minister, Harold Holt, participated in the laying of the foundation stone for the National Library of Australia.

Mark McManus as Will and Jeanie Drynan as Jacky in a photograph by Mark Strizic and Robin Copping from Two Thousand Weeks  (Tim Burstall, Australia, 1969). 

One of the most recognisable Australian theme songs, ‘Play School Theme (There's a Bear in There)’ was composed by Richard Connolly with lyrics by Rosemary Milne.

English-born Australian singer Frank Ifield recorded ‘I Remember You’ in a yodelling country music style in 1962.