King's Business - 1969-02

many TV channels in Tokyo as in Los Angeles, Nielsen surveys re­ ported that 25 per cent of the sets in use were tuned to the Moody film, with audience-increase dur­ ing telecasting as opposed to the usual drop. Concerning the recent Urdu translation, Massey says, “Moody films in English have been o f tre­ mendous value among college stu­ dents and other educated people in Pakistan but they will have a far greater outreach - translated into Urdu, which is also widely spoken in Northwest India.” 0@

Alive pavilion reports phenome­ nal success. In each fair, foreign language tracks broaden the im­ pact o f the films. Fairs in Chile, Honolulu and on Guam report ex­ cellent response to Moody films. Television use requires special arrangement with MIS. A tele­ cast series using Moody films was presented early in 1968 in Tokyo in the Japanese language. The first telecast, showing “ Prior Claim,” brought the largest re­ sponse (1,088) which the TV star tion has ever had for a single program. Although there are as

with many decisions for Christ. Some missionaries are making the use of Moody films the major thrust o f their ministry. National workers are employed full-time by several organizations to show Moody films. At Expo ’67 in Montreal, Cana­ da, 700,000 persons viewed Moody films in the Sermons from Sci­ ence pavilion and 31 per cent re­ sponded to the invitation. More than a million people saw Moody films at the New York World’s Fair in 1964 and 1965. In San > Antonio, Texas at HemisFair, the

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