I still don’t understand HOW WE LITERALLY LOST A PRIME MINISTER
@Methne555
3 жыл бұрын
Because he drowned while scuba diving. My parents said that it was a huge tragedy and story, obviously, at the time. Menzies also had the future of Australia mapped out prior to his resignation and Holt taking over. Holt’s death changed the course of Australia.
@ericastier1646
3 жыл бұрын
@@Methne555 sharks can be more active in the surf when there is bad weather. He might have had a bad encounter.
@alanbstard4
2 жыл бұрын
why? we've lost the entire country
@wilburmcbride8096
2 жыл бұрын
@@ericastier1646 Can a shark gobble up a whole human being and not leave no evidence (arm, leg, etc)?
@joelmelissam
Жыл бұрын
This is why we can’t have nice things.
@MrDisasterboy
3 жыл бұрын
I am still in awe that Melbourne named a swimming pool after him.
@msstarlight4770
3 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! Wouldn't a park, or something, have been more appropriate? 😮😮😮
@AZ2PM
3 жыл бұрын
@@msstarlight4770 I grew up going to Harold Holt for swimming lessons. Had no idea why it was called that until i was older!
@msstarlight4770
3 жыл бұрын
@@AZ2PM Yeah, there's probably lots of places like that where people, in general, don't know anything about the person the place is named for. But still, naming a swimming pool after someone who was presumed drowned, seems a bit of dark humor, there.
@madisonmoffat5613
3 жыл бұрын
He was famously known to be a swimming enthusiast, he was the federal parliamentary member for the area in which the complex was at the time being built. It's more than just some random pool, the complex was seen at the time as a significant advance for Melbourne recreational culture; and for civic culture given it's Brutalist architecture. I suspect the intended sentiment was well taken; and if the family somehow objected you can be sure the idea would have been quickly retracted.
@sandrastone7019
3 жыл бұрын
The old Malvern Baths. Used to swim there in the sixties.
@shabberto
3 жыл бұрын
Someone told me recently that news presenters were required to use British received pronunciation for a very long time. Amazing.
@martinjenkins6467
11 ай бұрын
The ABC had standards in those days.
@tayt_
Ай бұрын
@@martinjenkins6467it’s the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, why should presenters not speak in Australian accents?
@50centgotshot9times
Жыл бұрын
I love the Chinese submarine theory. It's so ridiculous and funny to imagine. This was a time when a prime minister could do as he pleased and I'm sure he thought he knew better but the ocean isn't something to mess with no matter who you are.
@martinjenkins6467
11 ай бұрын
Kevin Rudd loves China so much, Amazed he didn't go off in a submarine.
@adriaandeleeuw8339
2 ай бұрын
I still remember exactly where I was at the time,
@mathewtoll6780
3 жыл бұрын
This is amazing - thanks for posting this
@barlowmccarthy1295
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve been to the beach in Portsea and it can be really rough.
@kermitdefroog2509
3 жыл бұрын
You mean the point
@terrystephens1102
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve not previously seen this coverage of the search for PM Holt. I was living at Ocean Grove at the time and remember the helicopters making sweeps of the coastline down as far as Anglesea. My father was a professional fisherman at Barwon Heads, and he doubted, based on his thirty years experience of the area, that a body would be recovered because of the offshore currents.
@Scarlettekkk_-
3 жыл бұрын
His under the sea. Your dad is right
@jannyjanjan2385
Жыл бұрын
Ocean Grove or Anglesea is nowhere near Portsea! Opposite ends. You speak crap!
@terrystephens1102
Жыл бұрын
@@jannyjanjan2385 it’s a pity you don’t know what you are talking about.
@adriaandeleeuw8339
2 ай бұрын
@@jannyjanjan2385 Portsea not PORTLAND, Ocean Grove is eleven kilometres from Cheviot Beach. Forty Kilomeres from Anglesea. My neighbors were at Sorrento back beach they saw lots of helicopters that week. They were out wide as well as in close to the beach on both sides of the Peninsula.
@p-h-a-n-t-o-m
2 жыл бұрын
Crazy how most of the people in this are probably dead
@samwilliams8730
2 жыл бұрын
Everybody always looked slim in that era, before fast food takeaways took over.
@ulrikezachmann7596
Жыл бұрын
This coverage brings back so many memories. I remember all the comments. Everyone knew that coastal area was dangerous. D24 was the only police division for that area at the time located in Frankston.
@warrenrandall6936
2 жыл бұрын
That's an embarrassing way for a country's leader to die.
@gurneymcbuzzin
2 жыл бұрын
How did he die?
@aliburns2150
Жыл бұрын
@@gurneymcbuzzin Drowning in the sea.
@markbrown4039
2 жыл бұрын
I love watching coverage of breaking news. Thanks for posting! It's also nice to see a time when news organizations actually presented the facts as they knew them, and not put a spin on them.
@1967hashem
3 жыл бұрын
Newsreaders in those days could speak beautiful clear English unlike many on the ABC today.
@mj.l
3 жыл бұрын
they spoke like posh toffs
@1967hashem
3 жыл бұрын
@@mj.l Maybe they were just well educated. At least you could understand their diction.
@skullsaintdead
3 жыл бұрын
@@1967hashem Who can't understand the newsreaders on the ABC now? If anything, they're more clear (better sound quality).
@1967hashem
3 жыл бұрын
@@skullsaintdead More clear??? Who you being listening to? I'm talking about newsreaders up until the 1970's. I do agree with you the sound and vision quality has improved over time.
@mamagjewgj3970
2 жыл бұрын
@@skullsaintdead I can't...i watch a lot of 60 min australia omg. they are pretty bad lol. I love it though so i aint hating...just pointing it out.
@alanbstard4
3 жыл бұрын
shark I reckon
@ericastier1646
3 жыл бұрын
Yep my thinking also. They're more active in the surf when there's bad weather.
@andrewgreenwood9068
2 жыл бұрын
honestly it is more likely he just drowned. the beach he was at is very dangerous with large waves and overhangs and caves underwater
@alanbstard4
2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewgreenwood9068 he went there every morning. He was a fanatic about it. I think he may have known the place well, and the search was quck to follow with naval and police divers who found nought. that is why I suspect a shark. However, it may be he misjudged thing and drowned.
@jeanhawken4482
3 жыл бұрын
It was the roughest weather and he had been drinking. What did he expect he would not take advice.
@347windsor3
3 жыл бұрын
He was bumped off by the elite !
@Scarlettekkk_-
3 жыл бұрын
Mmmm
@509cougs
3 жыл бұрын
He was the elite.
@nihilistic7840
2 жыл бұрын
@@509cougs the elite don't work at that level - he may have been a puppet of the elite - in which case he may have misplayed his hand
@509cougs
2 жыл бұрын
@@nihilistic7840 I posted this so long ago I don't even remember what it was about.
@nihilistic7840
2 жыл бұрын
@@509cougs a year can seem like a long time sometimes
@mickc6347
3 жыл бұрын
I love this stuff.
@RoderickSloan
5 ай бұрын
Great to see R I P Prime Minister Mr Holt
@darrenwilson6224
3 жыл бұрын
That was so good.
@libbybeaton
8 ай бұрын
Amazing that more people didn't make a fuss or care that he was at the beach with his girlfriend Marjorie Gillespie and not his wife.
@GG-ud8id
Ай бұрын
It was reported she was a "friend"
@ericastier1646
3 жыл бұрын
He was eaten alive.
@ianrandell9763
3 жыл бұрын
We'll never know what happened to harold holt
@notsureiL
2 жыл бұрын
Was he a good prime minister?
@ianrandell9763
2 жыл бұрын
@@notsureiL i can't really say, as it was before my time, but I'm just interested in history.
@ericsierra-franco7802
3 жыл бұрын
Probably eaten by a large 🦈.
@rickycaruana8925
Жыл бұрын
Rip its a shame what happened to to him but i think the papers r hide maybe i do not no R I P
@OTTFFSSENTE
3 жыл бұрын
How is this possible.
@soaringraven7194
2 жыл бұрын
Because australia
@chrismorris6865
Жыл бұрын
He went for a swim, currents can be strong.
@GG-ud8id
Ай бұрын
Silly decision made by the PM to go swimming in a rough area.
@bicyclingbum1551
3 жыл бұрын
He swam away from Melbourne's strict lockdown laws, don't blame him
@timtams877
3 жыл бұрын
Damn look how well Melbourne is doing because of those laws ;)
@bicyclingbum1551
3 жыл бұрын
@@timtams877 it's doing fantastic ! Yaya
@timtams877
3 жыл бұрын
@@bicyclingbum1551 Glad we agree on that, take care!
@Scarlettekkk_-
3 жыл бұрын
They look like they’re reading off a script
@definitelynotagenocider5204
3 жыл бұрын
No shit
@rickycaruana8925
Жыл бұрын
I think a big shark took him for sure come on thay never found his body no way its in possible not to find the body
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