Some studios went to great lengths to avoid squeezing or letterboxing title sequences back then. I used to wonder how they could have the textless scenes lying around long after a film was made, but it probably made sense to keep such footage for foreign versions.
As I mentioned in the Bond thread, Maurice Binder started creating an "HBO version" of his later Moore title sequences after seeing his earlier work mangled on tv.
ww12345, you might want to mention your other print in the SOTS thread if you haven't already.