Mercury Seven summon the last group. The tests included spending hours on treadmills and tilt tables, submerging their feet in ice water, three doses of castor oil, and five enemas. Six candidates were rejected as too tall for the planned spacecraft. Another 33 failed or dropped out during the first phase of exams. Four more refused to take part in the second round of tests, which eliminated eight more candidates, leaving 18. From the 18, the first seven NASA astronauts were chosen, each a "superb physical specimen" with an IQ above 130, and the ability to function well both as part of
Seven Were Saved in "Aviation in the Cinema" considered "Seven Were Saved" as "part raft survival instructions, part details of the air search and part conflicts between the characters in the raft." Seven Were Saved Seven Were Saved (also known as S.O.S. Rescue) is a 1947 American film directed by William H. Pine and starring Richard Denning, Catherine Craig and Russell Hayden. The film's opening title says: "This film is dedicated to the men of the AAF Air-sea rescue service, who risk their lives daily that others may live." "Seven Were Saved" was the first of a number of films that dramatized survival