 After the New York Worlds Fair run, the original 1964 film was released for  use by the LDS church with the soundtrack translated into Samoan, Tongan,  Navajo, Mandarin, and Japanese. With the approach of Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan  it was decided to produce an all new version with Japanese characters. Robert  Stum (director of photography), Doug Johnson (art direction), and Judge  Whitaker (director