Godzilla Week: Cinema and Television Verities

"The intention of not only the screenwriter, but also the entire production staff, was to focus on how people would react if a creature such as Godzilla really did appear. What would the politicians do? How about the scientists? How would the military handle the situation? Given this, it was inevitable that the film would seem at least somewhat like a documentary."

- Director Ishiro Honda discusses the documentary-like feel of  Gojira (1954) in an interview with David Milner from 1992.