The Disappearance of Harold Holt
Witness History
BBC
4.5 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2017
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The Australian Prime Minister, Harold Holt, disappeared after going for a swim in the ocean on December 17th 1967 - never to be seen again. Susan Hulme has been speaking to Martin Simpson who was with the group that went to the beach with the Prime Minister that day.
Photo: Harold Holt on the beach with three women the year before his disappearance. Credit: Evening Standard/Getty Images
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| 1:11.8 | I'm Susan Hume and I want to take you back to |
| 1:14.1 | December 1967 when the Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared |
| 1:19.8 | after going for a swim in the ocean, never to be seen again. |
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