OVERALL: Draw

The identical US, UK, German, Scandinavian, and Spanish releases have lossless audio, a commentary and additional trailers.
The Australian release has a lengthy Capra documentary but loses the commentary and has lossy Dolby Digital audio.

Note the various versions of the film:
- March 1937 premiere version: 132 minutes
- September 1937 general release version: 118 minutes
- 1942 re-release: 110 minutes
- 1948 re-release: restored to 118 minutes
- 1952 television version: 92 minutes – the only version in circulation for several decades.
- 1986 photochemical restoration: 132 minutes – 125 minutes of footage synchronised to complete premiere version soundtrack; film freeze frames and on-set publicity photos fill in the blank sections.
- 1998 digital restoration: 132 minutes – further work was carried out on the 1986 restoration.
- 2016 all-new 4K digital restoration: 132 minutes – 126 minutes of footage synchronised to premiere soundtrack, after an extra minute of missing film was discovered.

CUTS:

• Blu-ray ALL 80th Anniversary Edition America- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - 2016 4K digital restoration (133:12).
• Blu-ray ALL Germany- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - 2016 4K digital restoration (133:12).
• Blu-ray ALL Scandinavia- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - 2016 4K digital restoration (133:12).
• Blu-ray ALL Spain- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - 2016 4K digital restoration (133:12).
• Blu-ray ALL 80th Anniversary United Kingdom- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - 2016 4K digital restoration (133:12).
• Blu-ray B Australia- Via Vision - 2016 4K digital restoration (133:12).

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Comparison added by James-Masaki_Ryan on 20/10/16
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 05/01/19

UPDATE LOG:

20/10/16: Initial entry.
11/10/17: Added US.
29/12/18: added Germany, Scandinavia, Spain. UK.
05/01/19: notes on the versions.