The New People (1969–1970)

A group of young people crash land on a deserted island that was a never used atomic bomb test site. With the world thinking that they were all killed, "The New People" set out to form a ... See full summary »

Creators:

Larry Gordon, Aaron Spelling

Stars:

Tiffany Bolling, Zooey Hall, David Moses

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tiffany Bolling	...	Susan Bradley (17 episodes, 1969-1970)
Zooey Hall	...	Bob Lee (17 episodes, 1969-1970)
David Moses	...	Gene Washington (17 episodes, 1969-1970)
Peter Ratray	...	George Potter (17 episodes, 1969-1970)
Jill Jaress	...	Ginny Loomis (17 episodes, 1969-1970)
Dennis Olivieri	...	Stanley Gabriel (17 episodes, 1969-1970)

Storyline

A group of young people crash land on a deserted island that was a never used atomic bomb test site. With the world thinking that they were all killed, "The New People" set out to form a civilization free from the problems and mistakes that their parents made, a task that soon becomes much more challenging than they had anticipated.

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Plot Keywords:

island | college student | castaway | airplane crash

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 1969 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Thomas/Spelling Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Series creator Rod Serling wrote the screenplay for the pilot episode using the pseudonym "John Phillips".

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Connections

Featured in Reflections of Evil (2002)

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Soundtracks

(theme song)
Sung by the First Edition

User Reviews

The original "Lost" episode of the New People

It is ironic that the top show on TV in the early 21st century, "Lost" echos greatly the rarely seen 1969 TV series, "The New People'. Like "Lost", "The New People" concerned the survivors of a plane crash in the pacific. "The New People' however was a reflection of the social issues of the day and in the pilot episode it featured the only adult in Richard Kiley. Kiley did a superb job in the clash of generations and made the pilot episode seem like a 1969 episode of The Twilight Zone.

All of the existing episodes of the New People aired only once on US TV and have never been even surfaced on internet tape trading sites. Recently however all of the episodes have been found at the UCLA video library. It would be great, now that "Lost" is such a big hit, to show people....new people, (ahem) what the original plane crash survivor show was like...and issue these episodes as a boxed set....for Christmas....perhaps even track down the original cast for commentary....etc......The New People shouldn't be lost forever.....(ahem)