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"The New People" (pilot) (ABC, 9/22/69)

Directed by George McCowan

In this precursor to "Lost," a group of American exchange students is marooned on a Pacific island. Pocked with abandoned buildings for a canceled atomic test, the unsettling locale becomes home for the young survivors, who are forced to confront their prejudices as they form a new society.

Screenwriter: Rod Serling. Cast: Tiffany Bolling, Nancy DeCarl, Richard Kiley.

16mm, color, 51 min.

Watch the promo spot, below: