When it was re-issued in 1952, close-up footage of The Empire State Building was added to the film for the scene where Kong grabs the first plane and tosses it off the side of the building. We see a pristine picture of the Empire State Building as it existed in the 1950s, with its television antenna. In the other scenes, the landmark building was part of "Hollywood Set," with archival aerial footage of the New York City skyline added. Consequently, the only actual on-location filming was done 19 years after the film's first release. Film processing improved by that time, and the difference in clarity between the 1933 footage and the added 1952 shot is quite evident.

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