A harrowing tale of wartime survival, "Seven Were Saved" (1947) is a gripping story of men and women pitted against nature and each other in a life and death struggle. On route to the U.S. with a diverse group of passengers that include a Japanese officerfacing trail for war crimes, a plane crashes into the Pacific. Tensions mount as the survivors contend with sharks and thinning supplies of food and water as they await rescue. Actual footage of the Air-Rescue Service in action highlights this tense drama.
