CapableMetal said:
That is correct. The '82 PAL Laserdisc and the earlier PAL VHS releases are pan & scan after the opening shot.
Still, it could be used for eventual restorations, because it *could* be better than the NTSC GOUT - anamorphic PAL would have 1.6x the resolution of a letterbox NTSC; captured via happycube method, upscaled with SR, refined with carefully chosen filters, could be a very good intro... or not?