Editing How the West Was Won (film) (section)

===Post-production===
Filming was completed in January 1962. After the film was shot, MGM ordered a new ending that resolved the family story, which caused shooting to continue for another month and included George Peppard and Debbie Reynolds.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Hopper, H.|title=Looking at hollywood.|date=February 14, 1962|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|id={{ProQuest|183099736}}}}</ref> The budget eventually reached $12 million.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter |date=April 9, 1962|title=MGM and cinerama to release first joint movie this summer.|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|id={{ProQuest|132751362}}}}</ref>

For "The Civil War" segment, footage from MGM's 1957 film ''[[Raintree County (film)|Raintree County]]'' of the Civil War [[Battle of Chickamauga]] were used for combat scenes during the day, as the scenes with Peppard, Tamblyn, Wayne, and Morgan were all at night. A brief shot of a steamboat going down a river (seen during the end of the Plains Segment) is also used from ''Raintree County''.

For "The Railroad" segment, a subplot was cut featuring [[Hope Lange]] as Stuart's daughter, Julie, who becomes involved in a love triangle with Zeb and King; she ultimately marries and abandons Zeb.<ref name="Pylant, James 2012 p. 116"/><ref name="daveswarbirds.com"/>

The film later inspired a [[How the West Was Won (TV series)|television series of the same name]].