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Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared at Cheviot Beach, Victoria on 17 December 1967.

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The day before his disappearance Holt was playing tennis with friends in Portsea and a number of them later told police that he seemed to be in pain.

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This clip from The Harold Holt Mystery (Ten Network, 1985) includes interviews with two eyewitnesses at Cheviot Beach on 17 December 1967, the day that Harold Holt disappeared.

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A Cinesound Review newsreel story about the first - and only - federal election fought by Harold Holt when he was prime minister. The election took place on 26 November 1966.

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In this Nine News footage from 1967, Opposition Leader Gough Whitlam extends his condolences to Harold Holt's wife and family.

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Harold Holt loved the ocean, and enjoyed being portrayed as an active and adventurous prime minister.

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This aerial footage of the Mornington Peninsula, at the mouth of Port Phillip Bay from Portsea to Sorrento, illustrates what a wild piece of coastline it is.

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Tony Eggleton was Prime Minister Harold Holt's Press Secretary and close adviser. He was called upon to explain Holt's disappearance during nationally televised press conferences.

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Radio and television carried news of Harold Holt’s disappearance on 17 December 1967. This clip is from the documentaryThe Harold Holt Mystery (Ten Network, 1985).

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Is Harold Holt still alive? Did he commit suicide? Was he drunk or drugged? Did he secretly belong to a crime syndicate? Was he a Chinese Communist spy?