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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