Wow, memory rush! I LOVED those Richard Anobile books when I was a kid. The original hardcovers (from the 70s?) were a constant library staple for me and, once they started re-printing the oversized paperback versions of some of them (perhaps the early 80s?) I was able to snag a few at our...
The censored material hadn't been seen for many years but I believe as much of it as was possible was already added back in for the DVD release from 16mm.
Pardon me for saying so, but if the Warner team is relying on IMDb for their technical information then we should all just give up. I can't actually believe that's true, however, lol.
I will say (to save you the trouble) that this is just a layman's perspective, but I would hope they wouldn't...