Six Tongan Castaways in Ata Island | OLD DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL 7

This is the old documentary from 1966 about the real Lord of the Flies. The six castaway boys surviving on Ata Island in Tonga (Channel 7 in Australia)

The story of the Ata castaways reminds us of the real Lord of the Flies. These 6 kids stayed 15 on this Tongan for 15 months.

This documentary was recorded a few days after their rescue. The six boys came back to the island with Peter Warner and the TV crew. But before that they went to meet their families again and recorded their reunion after 15 months stranded on the desert island. This real Lord of the Flies story is a fascinating adventure about survival.

The castaway explorer Alvaro Cerezo, spent 10 days on Ata island with Kolo Fekitoa, one of the six teenage castaways. That happened in 2015. They both lived there all alone and survived from coconuts, fish and seabirds, and drank rain water. They lived exactly as the boys did back in 1965. In summer 2020, Cerezo is launching a documentary of his experience with Kolo and a book describing in detail the 15 month ordeal of the Tongan castaways. A teaser of the documentary has been already published on Youtube.

We have got all the rights from Bowman Studio in Australia to use these footages of the real Lord of he Flies.

Special thanks to Cheyenne Morrison for letting Alvaro know years ago about this remarkable castaway story!!!!

[vinsgraphics]

RIP, Peter Warner, the Australian captain who spotted them in 1966.

[thecuttingsark]

It’s amazing how much practical skills and knowledge they already had to help them survive.

[JellyBeansMystreyMachine]

It's amazing that this story is not more known, those boys are a true inspiration. 15 months and they all survived and worked together. If i were their mom i would be so proud.

[jamescockram]

Imagine suffering grief for over a year and instantaneously have it lifted! That must have felt insane!

[ItsTheLOCO]

I wish we had a full on documentary on it that went more in depth about it, I want to see the old village from the 1800’s and how they lived. Beautiful island on the other hand. Nobody from my generation would survive a week living like that

[acg]

I have stumbled upon the story of "The Lord of the Flies" then I got curious if something similar have happened in our history of mankind. I'm grateful to find this story, because it just proved that man is not savage contradict to what was portrayed in 'lord of the flies'. Thank you to all the survivors and rescuers, thank you for the testimonies and for sharing your experience with us, you proved that man can always survive no matter what.

[michaeltisa]

Here after watching Abel Mutua's Headline Hitters! What an amazing story

[brandongellert]

They left as boys, but come back as men 💪🏻🔥 this is one of the most miraculous stories ever. They were just kids when they got lost. They will be mates for life I bet.

[hilarylawrence]

These boys were very clever and strong! This is an amazing story.

[danieljclark]

This story really has shaken my view of human nature - towards a more positive one. So happy for them! I'd love to see a follow-up to see how an experience like this affects people decades later.

[IdamHereNow]

I was reading <Humankind> by Rutger Bregman and interested in this story. Not only the claim of the book : "human are kind in nature", but also this story as one of the evidences is amazing!

[daniesza]

Not only is the story amazing but this documentary that took them back to that situation and had them recreate even more so

[privateprivate]

I miss watching old films and hearing this type of backround music. Good memories

[ever_digital]

learned about this story today from a book called "Humankind" by Rutger Bergman. he argues this against the lord of the flies. it gives me hope for a kind humanity. such an amazing story!

[M]

This is an amazing story ❤ For such young men, they were defs very mature and bonded so well to stay alive and keep one another safe. Amazing lessons we can all learn from these experiences

[lizmonard]

Wow, I can’t believe I’ve never heard about this. What an incredible story.

[brandyyolidio]

My son is doing a report of Lord of the Flies for his 8th grade final project and I found this. Quite different from the book and movie, but I do realize it was not based on the Tonga boys experience. The boys of Tonga were very resourceful, knowledgeable, and they worked together, unlike the movie which depicted so much adversity, democracy, and turmoil.
Enjoyed this video immensely, thank you for the information and more info for my son to report!!

[urskrik]

No wonder these guys survived, they were smart and determined!

[toakasetalia]

A very moving story of survival and RIP PETER WARNER.

[sonderevokingbuns]

As much as it probably sucked, I feel like this was probably so good for everybody involved. Life can only get better from there really! Great bonds being made between the castaways and the families who deemed them dead.