ABC did a short-lived series in 1969 called “The New People”, about a group of college students stranded on an island who try create their own society.
The premise of The New People was a simple one. A group of roughly forty American college students were on a cultural exchange tour in Southeast Asia, sponsored by the State Department. The tour was cancelled because the students were too radical and outspoken and the State Department ordered them back to the United States. While flying home, their plane met encountered a severe storm and crashed on an island somewhere in the South Pacific. The following day, the “new people” began to explore.
The pilot episode of the series was written (under a pseudonym) by… Rod Serling.
ABC did a short-lived series in 1969 called “The New People”, about a group of college students stranded on an island who try create their own society.
The premise of The New People was a simple one. A group of roughly forty American college students were on a cultural exchange tour in Southeast Asia, sponsored by the State Department. The tour was cancelled because the students were too radical and outspoken and the State Department ordered them back to the United States. While flying home, their plane met encountered a severe storm and crashed on an island somewhere in the South Pacific. The following day, the “new people” began to explore.
The pilot episode of the series was written (under a pseudonym) by… Rod Serling.
https://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/new_people/