Behind the Scenes
Story Boards

The storyboards featured in my SF Special Effects book were apparently based on an earlier script. Here are a few of the differences (I think some would have added intriguing scenes to the film):

• The explosion simulation sequence would show the destruction of the Statue of Liberty
• Only the military's maser tanks, not the police, attacked the human-sized Destoroyahs
• The Flying Form Destoroyah bombarded the military and Tokyo with a chest ray
• Godzilla tried to shoot down Destoroyah as he carried away Junior
• Destoroyah has an extremely powerful chest ray that devastated Godzilla
• Godzilla's nuclear pulse blew off the Aggregate swarm
• Godzilla pummeled Destoroyah after the JSDF shot him down
• The final scene showed Dr. Yamane (colorized from 1954) looking off the boat