We’ve just gotten back a preview scan of reel one. Note that these screenshots are from a low-bitrate .mov with no color correction or even physical print cleanup, encoded at 1080p, so they contain some digital artifacts that would not be so obvious in a finished version.

There is a New World Logo before Bambi Meets Godzilla; it starts a little before this but well after the beginning of the full animated logo:

Logo before the movie proper, in all its open matte glory:

Underrated logo imo:

The GOAT:

Appropriate motif:

The borders of the textless Toho credits are visible through the title cutout:

And I would walk…

Toho splice at the bottom:

New World splice at the top:

Steve Martin decorates for 1.85:1 but protects for Academy:

Never noticed this book until I did my old reconstruction. It’s a nice touch:

The amulet, in glorious HD:

Looks like RoG was hard-matted in camera if this flare is anything to go by:

Rollllllll credits (ding):

Toho cue mark:

I really like this shot. Something about it is just especially '80s. Maybe it’s the colors of the sky combined with their clothes:

Soviet subs:

New World cue mark:

We’ve already paid for wet gate scans of this print and of a 16mm UK print of Terror of Mechagodzilla, but the cost of renting the prints from the collector who owns them has left us a bit short on cash for software to clean these up. We’re not sure at the moment the exact programs and costs involved, but we will be discussing it and will hopefully have more precise numbers soon. In the meantime, you can PM either of us if you’re interested in supporting the project; anything not spent on these will be put toward similar projects in the future.