The New People was a short-lived 1969 American television series on ABC that focused on a group of young college students who were returning from a trip in Southeast Asia when their plane crashed on an island in the south Pacific Ocean, killing some of the college students and all but one of the adults. The only surviving adult was badly injured, and later died. The surviving students were the only human life remaining on the island. The island w...
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The New People was a short-lived 1969 American television series on ABC that focused on a group of young college students who were returning from a trip in Southeast Asia when their plane crashed on an island in the south Pacific Ocean, killing some of the college students and all but one of the adults. The only surviving adult was badly injured, and later died. The surviving students were the only human life remaining on the island. The island was unusual in that it had been built up as a site for a potential above-ground nuclear test which never took place, leaving all of the buildings and (improbably) supplies untouched and ready for use by the survivors.
The pilot episode was written by Rod Serling. "The New People" reflected the youth-oriented, counter culture of the 60's. All people over 30 were now dead, and it was up to the young people to start a new society on the island. The concept of having all the adults killed off leaving only the young people to survive was not a new...
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