Built at roughly the same time as the industrial suburbs of Hue. Post-industrial blight and scheduled demolition of the gasworks meant that Kubrick could go there and blow shit up. And so he did. Sad commentary when an English town is a perfect stand in for city destroyed by war.
My grandfather was a Marine during this time and found himself deployed to Vietnam He told me it was very shocking how accurate this movie is. Boot camp scenes were very accurate and he said combat was just as scary as it is depicted. RIP Pops And thank you all for your service Vietnam Vets! Badasses every one of ya
@@DogeickBateman Can't handle the truth? The Vietnam War was a pointless ideological war fought because the western elites were too afraid of an ideology that advocated for the emancipation of the working class.
@@violetsther3739 The Vietnam war was not pointless sure the murder and stuff happned but it wasn't al the soldeirs that did that The North Vietnamese were doing ay worse what AMerica and SOuth Vietnam did The North would excute more civilians than the US and the North bombed villages and cities. And your not a fucking soldier neither am I but you woudln't get it you never see nor witness someone dying right in front of you r freind and brothers fighting a cruel government away to protect inncoent people. WHAT WAR HAVE YOU FOUGHT IN?
Mistake the North did not bomb cities that was America biut the North Vietnamese did Massacre people and the reson we went to zvietnam was because The Cold War was going on and Communism vs Capitilism was going on and so The US thought that Communism would spread to other countries and America owuld be out numbered and the Communist would win Russia had nukes and if the converted every country to Communism they would have nuked America.
Such an awesome set. The cameras position when they start moving out is amazing how it gives you the first person view as if you’re one of the soldiers with the squad.
One of the most underrated production designs of all time; you assume it must be Thailand or the Philipiness = they shot this on the outskirts of London with imported Spanish palm trees.
Kubrick was a filmmaking genius. The sound effects in this movie scared the hell outta me. Kubrick was a genius at using sound to ratchet up the tension in a scene, so it keeps you on edge the entire time.
In Nam, newly arrived Lieutenants usually don't last that long, battle hardened NCOs or Platoon Sgts. usually stepped up and got stuff done pretty quickly, especially in terms of calling in fire support or relaying reports to higher ups.
He was the SGT anyway who does most of the leading and giving orders, Lieutenants do fuck all mostly apart from making bad decisions and getting in the way.
@@serverlan763 looks like he was a squad leader of one of the squads (Lusthog) of the platoon. I wonder where the platoon sergeant was? The PS is usually the XO of a platoon.
My favorite part is when Cowboy slowly looks up after the mine goes off. Most war movies add big explosions for action or excitement but FMJ portrays every bit of war in its most raw and realistic form. Whenever an explosion goes off it’s terrifying and this scene portrays it perfectly. Cowboy is afraid of what he is going to see when he looks up
@@donarthiazi2443 what i didnt like about the scene was that he should have been pretty shielded by the tank. Yet he seemed to get hit by the first round striking well in front of the tank
@@SevPrime Americans who deliberately killed civilians received prison sentences while Communists who did so received commendations. From 1957 to 1973, the National Liberation Front assassinated 36,725 South Vietnamese and abducted another 58,499. The death squads focused on leaders at the village level and on anyone who improved the lives of the peasants such as medical personnel, social workers, and schoolteachers..
2:12 to 3:30 is such a masterful piece of film-making. I don't know for sure but I feel like Spielberg took a lot of inspiration from the way Kubrick shot those scenes when he made Saving Private Ryan 10 years later.
Spielberg liberally ripped off Kubrick. Should be a felony to mention them in the same paragraph. Spielberg couldn't carry Kubrick's jockstrap with his cutesy crap...
Phenomenal film making. I felt like I was in this scene for a second. The sounds of their weapon when they move, the sound of the steps and all. Film making at its finest.
These guys were waaay too clean to be field Marines. Operation Georgia: we went 78 days without taking our clothes (utilities) off.The three things I remember about Vietnam was being filthy dirty, always hungry ( I was 6' 2" , tall and weighed 187 pounds when I got there and weighed 121 pounds when I left ), and exhausted (we got by on 4 or 5 hours sleep a night, if we were lucky, and usually humped 20 kilometers or so each day. For years after I got back I took three showers a day. I thought I'd never be clean again. If I tried on an article of clothing but didn't wear it it went in the laundry basket. I wouldn't put it back in the closet if I put it on. I'm still that way to this day. I slept for 15 hours a day for months after I got back.
You are Hard Corps. I learned how to keep myself clean from childhood camping and Marine field exercises. Only time I got a parasite was in Korea, cold weather. Welcome home
Eu não tenho condições mentais de ser um combatente... Mas seria do meu agrado, trabalhar na indústria de munição, de roupa, de alimentação para ajudar nossos companheiros de campo
@@christophergrat6986 definitely, it really adds to the tension of the scene as the patrol advances through the city, Kubrick always knew how to build anxiety in his movies.
One of the greatest movie scene ever. One of the scariest as well. The feeling of being there, in this situation is something really hard to match. As for the camera work, it's beyond me.
It wasn't the explosion it was the sniper on the left he had a flak jacket There no way it could have killed from the explosion because they fired probably the handheld grenade launcher or mortars but the sniper flash from the left seem synced to him dying
LOL THIS IS WHY I WATCH THIS SENE I NEVER SEEN SUCH A REAL BADASS SENE I DID THAT ONCE IN AFGHANISTAN MY BUDDIES THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY EDIT: I HAVE A QUESTION WEREN'T MEXICANS AND BLACKS SEGREGATED IN THOSE TIMES I MEAN IT WAS THE 60S VIETNAM WAS RIGHT BESIDES THAT GUY WITH THE CAMERA LOOKS LIKE BEAVIS AND BUTT HEAD LOL NOW THATS TRUE AMARICAN ON 1:40 THAT GUY LOL BUT LOOK ON THE DEMOLITION GUY
4:23 The magic disappearing magazine. Nobody ever notices. The scene is all about magazine changing but this guy's magazine disappears, and reappears then he fumbles with the change so he misses the first three enemy but get the last two. Kubrick was too meticulous a film maker for a missing magazine to be accidental in a scene all about changing magazines. It's not only a continuity error for the scene but begs the question of how it happened in the first place. He hasn't yet started filming the magazine change yet, the man has just stopped firing so why would the magazine be out in the first place? So Kubrick did it on purpose. A Kubrick puzzle; Why did he do it? What does it mean? Kubrick experts who missed it for 40 years.
Whatever nerd. I'm enjoying 2:10, the long shot of the troops slowly and meticulously moving down the street. it's simply delicious. one of the single greatest shots of ANY WAR MOVIE. PERIOD. who gives a goddamn flying FUCK about the fucking stupid magazines.
Yep Iraq afgan My psychiatrist said Im unable to get PTSD because I had anphantasia it means I can't image things in my brain I can but it's very vivid not very clear thats why I like the marine corps because I adjusted to the environment so well it didn't even bother from the drama I had a blind mind But I was able to think exstremly clear if I just closed my eyes to focus on the image is the only way I can truly think while staying focused
Fun Fact: This scene was filmed in England. Meant to illustrate the bombed-out city of Hue, the abandoned gasworks at Beckton, located on the north bank of the Thames near London City Airport didn't really look like Hue so designer Anton Furst dressed up the industrial site with palm trees to give it a Far Eastern feel. The real Hue City in 1968 had much more traditional Vietnamese architecture and small tin (or even thatched) roofed structures. Remember, Vietnam is in a tropical climate and was very much a developing nation destroyed by war. So large concrete factories on fire was not the cityscape the marines navigated in this small ancient. Most building were really no taller than 2 stories. Hue City consisted mostly of meager structures that were destroyed and the fighting was within narrow city streets filled with very close quarters combat.
Superb film. It was all filmed in the UK, the training camp was Bassingbourne Army Barracks near Cambridge (i was there training at the time) and the old Beckton gas works was the city. Apparently Kubrick didnt like to fly so made it near his home.
I know this is really late, but your dad is a hero even though he’d never say it. I can’t imagine what he saw and was forced to endure only to come home and to be treated like garbage by a bunch of spoiled kids. I’m glad we’ve corrected that and blame politicians and hold the soldiers in high esteem. Their treatment upon returning home was just flat out shameful and disgusting.
LET'S GOOO! LET'S GET IT DONE! Idk why but I love that part. Dude was ready to get down. The way they move from cover to cover, the battle rattle from their gear banging around, the music as they make their approach. This shit makes me miss the service.
I know this is a year old comment, But I think Kubrick’s point in doing subtle things like this is to show how inexperienced some of these men were in battle. Especially against the VC, they were extremely young, headstrong, and willing to die to kill (both parties). Your point is right though, and if you look at modern military tactics, there’s no way those buildings would be standing before they moved men up.
Suppressive fire from tanks, then smoke, then envelope & marching fire from grunts. WTF? ever heard of Fire & Maneuver? Hey diddle diddle, straight up the.middle= 2xKIA
I've always been confused by this too. He was directly behind the tank, and it looks like he's the only one that gets nailed... from the safest position.
@@kobaltapollodorus8922 sh*t happens. There's been times I've gotten debris to hit my eye while wearing safety glasses at work debris can do some funny stuff. He just got unlucky.
I've been to Hue (2004). The fight for the Citadel was so intense that we ultimately backed-off and just let the B-52s level the place. On the old Royal Palace grounds maybe 5% of the buildings were in any shape to be restored, as they have been long since. Elsewhere the airstrikes had changed the actual topography, removing perhaps 1-3m of soil in most places.
Interesting how the smiling face was always portrait in the scenes that were supposed to be very scary and tense. I’d always give me and unsettling feeling of something beyond mankind was watching, and making fun of it.
Taken from the book by Michael Herr "Dispatches" which vividly describes the battle for Hue City and the Citadel during Tet 1968. This scene begins with the John Wayne character KIA because it's not going to be a Hollywood battle scene. One of his finest moments on film among many.
I don't understand why they leave the tanks behind and advance on foot without cover once the enemy initiates contact. I'm sure it's accurate doctrine and tactics but what advantages does it offer?
I'm not in the military, but the way I understand it, tanks have less visibility. All it takes is a well placed IED to knock em' out. Easier to check for IEDs on foot. Generally armor shouldn't be sent in alone without an infantry escort. One thing I've noticed in observing real world military tactics is that tanks are often used to deal with other tanks or heavily fortified infantry. They are actually very ineffective against irregular units (such as the Viet Cong).
@@GDI_CrimsoN Tanks back then were more suited for open field battles not for going down city streets especially ones covered in rubble since they wasn't very maneuverable. The way the infantry was walking behind the tanks in this scene made no sense since the tanks would have acted as cover so the infantry should have been following in a line behind the tanks not spread out walking beside the tank. Saving private Ryan is the only movie I remember doing it right during the last battle we see a German tank moving forward with infantry in two single file lines behind it then once the Germans got close to other cover they started to spread out and got behind that cover.
0:35 keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire! Great movie overall, but I would have had my guts stomped out, if I made a mistake like that.
@@whiskeyTX Idk, what it could have been is him thinking he was okay just in shock of being hit so he walked one or 2 steps mabye still thinking he was okay before falling over.
Hard to believe but this was filmed in the abandoned and partially demolished Royal Dockyards (Royal Victoria Dock, Royal Albert Dock, King George V Dock) in the East End of London (West Ham) prior to their re-development.
Saw this at the movies where it came out. Frikn amazing and pioneering use of the seadicam, I also saw Platoon which I think came out maybe a year or so earlier. Both great movies from directors at their very best but the Vietnam movie from the mid-80's nobody seems to remember any more and in my opinion the best of the three is Hamburger Hill. absolutely and unapologetically brutal, more like a documentary than a movie, it throws you into the meat grinder with those poor kids and the tragic war they fought in. Now all we get are dumb movies about super heroes.
First of all i just want to thank all military service members and veterans from all branches for their service. I wonder how many pounds of extra gear these guys have to carry on them. It must of been brutal in Vietnam to be walking and running all day with all that humidity.
The officer was hit even if he was well covered by a tank, then he falls in a goofy way. The soldier hit by the mg falls in a goofy way too. The squad leader's rifle does some magic trick with the magazine. These are too many (not so) little weird or wrong details in this movie!
Filmed in East London, roughly 8 miles from Tower Bridge, Today the location is a large shopping complex called Gallions Reach.
Oof
Built at roughly the same time as the industrial suburbs of Hue. Post-industrial blight and scheduled demolition of the gasworks meant that Kubrick could go there and blow shit up. And so he did. Sad commentary when an English town is a perfect stand in for city destroyed by war.
Bruh I live near there
what a down grade...
@@robotboy719 you realize when they filmed this, this site was years old and was a waste land, waiting to be demolished
My grandfather was a Marine during this time and found himself deployed to Vietnam
He told me it was very shocking how accurate this movie is.
Boot camp scenes were very accurate and he said combat was just as scary as it is depicted.
RIP Pops
And thank you all for your service Vietnam Vets! Badasses every one of ya
@@nevermore9253 Shut up Jane Fonda.
@@DogeickBateman Can't handle the truth? The Vietnam War was a pointless ideological war fought because the western elites were too afraid of an ideology that advocated for the emancipation of the working class.
@@violetsther3739 The Vietnam war was not pointless sure the murder and stuff happned but it wasn't al the soldeirs that did that The North Vietnamese were doing ay worse what AMerica and SOuth Vietnam did The North would excute more civilians than the US and the North bombed villages and cities.
And your not a fucking soldier neither am I but you woudln't get it you never see nor witness someone dying right in front of you r freind and brothers fighting a cruel government away to protect inncoent people.
WHAT WAR HAVE YOU FOUGHT IN?
@@violetsther3739 if it was so good a lot more countries would of become communist......
Mistake the North did not bomb cities that was America biut the North Vietnamese did Massacre people and the reson we went to zvietnam was because The Cold War was going on and Communism vs Capitilism was going on and so The US thought that Communism would spread to other countries and America owuld be out numbered and the Communist would win Russia had nukes and if the converted every country to Communism they would have nuked America.
Such an awesome set. The cameras position when they start moving out is amazing how it gives you the first person view as if you’re one of the soldiers with the squad.
In England. But not quite Hue.
@@badlaamaurukehu yes everyone knows this. let people enjoy things.
@ Madmock 128, U.S. Marines, Not Soldiers
@@Basskat100 this is why people don’t invite you to parties.
@@adam45011 If you call a U.S. Marine a Soldier. That Marine will Correct you in a heart beat.
One of the best Vietnam War movies of all time.
Razor Shark No it isn't
Rambo 2 was ! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤣
It’s not even a Vietnam War movie technically. It’s an anti-war one
No it isn't. It is THE BEST
10-4
3:27 I would not trust a window, never ever
**suspiciously looks at window**
Load it up with fire.
I’d fire a few rounds into it just in case or toss a grenade. In urban warfare you can’t take nothing for granted.
I WOULD TRUST A WINDOW
if I a had a camera it be a lot more safe
One of the most underrated production designs of all time; you assume it must be Thailand or the Philipiness = they shot this on the outskirts of London with imported Spanish palm trees.
Kubrick was a filmmaking genius. The sound effects in this movie scared the hell outta me. Kubrick was a genius at using sound to ratchet up the tension in a scene, so it keeps you on edge the entire time.
I like the sound of their gear clanking as they move up the road and take positions.
Knew a Korean war Vet. Said he could still hear them in his sleep 60 yrs later.
Battle rattle I think the marines call it
Supposedly, it was common to take steps to reduce such noises in *some* circumstances.
Crazy Earl stepped right up and took over command. He didn’t make it long but he knew there was a job to do
Yes. That's leadership. Solid plan, git 'er done, move on out, follow my lead.
In Nam, newly arrived Lieutenants usually don't last that long, battle hardened NCOs or Platoon Sgts. usually stepped up and got stuff done pretty quickly, especially in terms of calling in fire support or relaying reports to higher ups.
He was the SGT anyway who does most of the leading and giving orders, Lieutenants do fuck all mostly apart from making bad decisions and getting in the way.
@@serverlan763 looks like he was a squad leader of one of the squads (Lusthog) of the platoon. I wonder where the platoon sergeant was? The PS is usually the XO of a platoon.
One of the greatest scenes of all time. RIP Gustav Hasford.
Just wish the recoil could've been accurate lol.
its called bounding overwatch. And its portrayed rather well here.
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RIP R. Lee Ermey
My favorite part is when Cowboy slowly looks up after the mine goes off. Most war movies add big explosions for action or excitement but FMJ portrays every bit of war in its most raw and realistic form. Whenever an explosion goes off it’s terrifying and this scene portrays it perfectly. Cowboy is afraid of what he is going to see when he looks up
That was not a mine going off... it was incoming
@@donarthiazi2443 what i didnt like about the scene was that he should have been pretty shielded by the tank. Yet he seemed to get hit by the first round striking well in front of the tank
@@multipl3
I couldn't agree more
@@multipl3 if you look close, you can see he gets hit after the second blast.
All it takes is one random piece of shrapnel and that's you done for.
@@armorpro573 except his lower body clothes were soaked in blood.
The USMC had no tactical doctrine for urban fighting. They made it up as they went along in this battle, and did a good job too.
Getting clapped by rice farmers protecting their country isnt what I call a "good job" son
@@SevPrime The VC were vicious communists who regularly committed atrocities. They weren't "rice farmers".
@@777Outrigger decades of US propaganda in your comment is too much for me
@@SevPrime Americans who deliberately killed civilians received prison sentences while Communists who did so received commendations. From 1957 to 1973, the National Liberation Front assassinated 36,725 South Vietnamese and abducted another 58,499. The death squads focused on leaders at the village level and on anyone who improved the lives of the peasants such as medical personnel, social workers, and schoolteachers..
@@777Outrigger whatever you say cupcake im not going to argue with a brainwashed fellow
Among the top 5 best war movies of all time.
What are your top 5?
Disagree but respect your opinion
@@michaelhead4472
Saving Private Ryan
Midway
Pearl Harbour
Full metal jacket
The Outpost & 1917
Among us sus
Ian Fenwick please stop
2:12 to 3:30 is such a masterful piece of film-making. I don't know for sure but I feel like Spielberg took a lot of inspiration from the way Kubrick shot those scenes when he made Saving Private Ryan 10 years later.
Spielberg liberally ripped off Kubrick. Should be a felony to mention them in the same paragraph. Spielberg couldn't carry Kubrick's jockstrap with his cutesy crap...
@@robzilla730Ripped off and inspired by are two different things. John Carpenter for instance took inspiration from Hitchcock to make his films
@armorpro573 yea but Carpenter never made movies about cute aliens or Peter pan... neither did Kubrick for that matter
@armorpro573 you look up the word "Sellout" in the dictionary and there'll be a picture of Spielberg with his Truckers cap giving a thumbs up 👍
@@robzilla730 Well by your logic, every other movie director should fit this definition.
Phenomenal film making. I felt like I was in this scene for a second. The sounds of their weapon when they move, the sound of the steps and all. Film making at its finest.
These guys were waaay too clean to be field Marines. Operation Georgia: we went 78 days without taking our clothes (utilities) off.The three things I remember about Vietnam was being filthy dirty, always hungry ( I was 6' 2" , tall and weighed 187 pounds when I got there and weighed 121 pounds when I left ), and exhausted (we got by on 4 or 5 hours sleep a night, if we were lucky, and usually humped 20 kilometers or so each day. For years after I got back I took three showers a day. I thought I'd never be clean again. If I tried on an article of clothing but didn't wear it it went in the laundry basket. I wouldn't put it back in the closet if I put it on. I'm still that way to this day. I slept for 15 hours a day for months after I got back.
well that’s a long time in service.
You are Hard Corps.
I learned how to keep myself clean from childhood camping and Marine field exercises. Only time I got a parasite was in Korea, cold weather.
Welcome home
Eu não tenho condições mentais de ser um combatente... Mas seria do meu agrado, trabalhar na indústria de munição, de roupa, de alimentação para ajudar nossos companheiros de campo
My dad was in Nam in 1967. He lost 50 pounds that year
Bless you for your service, all Vietnam War Veterans!!!
One of the greatest if not the greatest background music in war films.
You really feel the eerie tension
Couldn't agree with you more .. except where you say "One of" There's no qualification, it's the greatest!!
When the photographer was taking the picture while all the gunfire what's going on, his hand was slightly shaking. Subtle cinematic genius.
Ikr?
What a great scene, there’s also a good scene in Strangelove when the Army is invading the Air Force base.
And the attack scene in Paths of Glory
Kubrick always knew how to film combat. Wish he did a film about the second world war
Kubrick is great at filming combat scenes. Prob one of his most underrated qualities as a filmmaker
@@RandomPostsOnTheWebtotally agree. He would have made an amazing WW2 flick
Best steadicam shot in the whole movie!
@@christophergrat6986 definitely, it really adds to the tension of the scene as the patrol advances through the city, Kubrick always knew how to build anxiety in his movies.
One of the greatest movie scene ever.
One of the scariest as well. The feeling of being there, in this situation is something really hard to match.
As for the camera work, it's beyond me.
0:59
The very first explosion struck the Lieutenant noticed how his body tensed up at that moment.
It wasn't the explosion it was the sniper on the left he had a flak jacket
There no way it could have killed from the explosion because they fired probably the handheld grenade launcher or mortars but the sniper flash from the left seem synced to him dying
@@adhd_with_pennies4867 There was no "sniper flash."
Hartman: Let me see your warface
Joker: Roarrr
3:46 now that’s a warface
LOL THIS IS WHY I WATCH THIS SENE I NEVER SEEN SUCH A REAL BADASS SENE I DID THAT ONCE IN AFGHANISTAN MY BUDDIES THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY
EDIT: I HAVE A QUESTION WEREN'T MEXICANS AND BLACKS SEGREGATED IN THOSE TIMES I MEAN IT WAS THE 60S VIETNAM
WAS RIGHT
BESIDES THAT GUY WITH THE CAMERA LOOKS LIKE BEAVIS AND BUTT HEAD LOL NOW THATS TRUE AMARICAN
ON 1:40 THAT GUY LOL
BUT LOOK ON THE DEMOLITION GUY
4:23 The magic disappearing magazine. Nobody ever notices. The scene is all about magazine changing but this guy's magazine disappears, and reappears then he fumbles with the change so he misses the first three enemy but get the last two. Kubrick was too meticulous a film maker for a missing magazine to be accidental in a scene all about changing magazines. It's not only a continuity error for the scene but begs the question of how it happened in the first place. He hasn't yet started filming the magazine change yet, the man has just stopped firing so why would the magazine be out in the first place? So Kubrick did it on purpose. A Kubrick puzzle; Why did he do it? What does it mean? Kubrick experts who missed it for 40 years.
Also none of the bolts lock back on their m16s. THey have to physically pull the bolt back and lock it.
But I do like in 1:13 jokers watch is backwards so he can see the time whole holding his rifle.
That's Kubrick for ya
How do you know he didn't push the button and eject it when it panned away
Whatever nerd. I'm enjoying 2:10, the long shot of the troops slowly and meticulously moving down the street. it's simply delicious. one of the single greatest shots of ANY WAR MOVIE. PERIOD. who gives a goddamn flying FUCK about the fucking stupid magazines.
The unmistakable sound of armor..the engine...the rattling.
Freedom
I honestly thought the Vietnam half of the movie was way better than the boot camp one
LemmyKoopa13 the gunny was still amazing though because he was a real marine
@@chad1682 yeah
Everyone has a game plan, until they get lead in the face......US Army vet...100% PTSD..
Thank you for everything man. If you haven't already, please get the help you need.
Yep Iraq afgan
My psychiatrist said Im unable to get PTSD because I had anphantasia it means I can't image things in my brain I can but it's very vivid not very clear thats why I like the marine corps because I adjusted to the environment so well it didn't even bother from the drama I had a blind mind
But I was able to think exstremly clear if I just closed my eyes to focus on the image is the only way I can truly think while staying focused
Yut
Fun Fact: This scene was filmed in England. Meant to illustrate the bombed-out city of Hue, the abandoned gasworks at Beckton, located on the north bank of the Thames near London City Airport didn't really look like Hue so designer Anton Furst dressed up the industrial site with palm trees to give it a Far Eastern feel. The real Hue City in 1968 had much more traditional Vietnamese architecture and small tin (or even thatched) roofed structures. Remember, Vietnam is in a tropical climate and was very much a developing nation destroyed by war. So large concrete factories on fire was not the cityscape the marines navigated in this small ancient. Most building were really no taller than 2 stories. Hue City consisted mostly of meager structures that were destroyed and the fighting was within narrow city streets filled with very close quarters combat.
Superb film. It was all filmed in the UK, the training camp was Bassingbourne Army Barracks near Cambridge (i was there training at the time) and the old Beckton gas works was the city. Apparently Kubrick didnt like to fly so made it near his home.
@@mikeoliver9914 he lived in hertfordshire, so a commute around the M25 and A406, he preferred that to flying
My dad's unit 1/12 Cavalry was a blocking force for the Marines in Hue during the Tet Offensive 1968.
???? the what and why
I know this is really late, but your dad is a hero even though he’d never say it. I can’t imagine what he saw and was forced to endure only to come home and to be treated like garbage by a bunch of spoiled kids. I’m glad we’ve corrected that and blame politicians and hold the soldiers in high esteem. Their treatment upon returning home was just flat out shameful and disgusting.
@@upchu005 he made it up.
my grandparents once live in Hue City, they fought......bravely for the North side, they're still alive now
Respect for Vietnam
Amazing this entire movie was shot in a neighborhood in London, England. Unreal.....
Still the greatest war movie ever made.
Battle of US Marines
Grandfather and father fought
in Hue, Vietnam
Children and grandchildren fought in Fallujah , Iraq
And what about you?
I call 100% BS
Link full this movie, please !!!
At nightfall, Mason and his team came to retrieve the Russian defector
LET'S GOOO! LET'S GET IT DONE! Idk why but I love that part. Dude was ready to get down. The way they move from cover to cover, the battle rattle from their gear banging around, the music as they make their approach. This shit makes me miss the service.
Crazy to think this was shot in England, Kubrick you mad genius!
Yes ! The 60 ! 🔥💥💪💪
Why don't the tanks shell + rake the building with machine gun fire before the grunts move up? Doesn't make any tactical sense.
I know this is a year old comment,
But I think Kubrick’s point in doing subtle things like this is to show how inexperienced some of these men were in battle. Especially against the VC, they were extremely young, headstrong, and willing to die to kill (both parties).
Your point is right though, and if you look at modern military tactics, there’s no way those buildings would be standing before they moved men up.
Suppressive fire from tanks, then smoke, then envelope & marching fire from grunts. WTF? ever heard of Fire & Maneuver? Hey diddle diddle, straight up the.middle= 2xKIA
What exactly happens to the Lieutenant? Does shrapnel kill him?
I think so
I've always been confused by this too. He was directly behind the tank, and it looks like he's the only one that gets nailed... from the safest position.
@@kobaltapollodorus8922 sh*t happens. There's been times I've gotten debris to hit my eye while wearing safety glasses at work debris can do some funny stuff. He just got unlucky.
@@kobaltapollodorus8922 nah his body gave out on him. Director meant to tell us he had a heart attack but for get too.
Jk i hav no idea.
These littlle pieces fly far away from the blast, but there should have been more soldiers struck behind him.
I don't know why but the Hynos billboard gets me everytime lol
The sound and music choices are amazing in this scene.
3:40 Vietcong: Die American Imperialist!
3:43 American: Say hello to my little friend!
3:45 did they actually shoot live rounds to that building on set? Looks real af
I don’t think so, but look off to the bottom right at 3:45, it looks like another Marine gets shot as well.
the colt M16A1 is the sleakest sexiest lookin rifle ever made. who's with me.
Yes I want a A1 style mid length triangular handguard for an AR build I have but I can't find one.
Former US Army grunt here. I agreed until I joined the Army and had to actually fire the thing (well, the A2). I far prefer the M4
at 4:25 where's the magazine? all this time and just caught it now....
I've been to Hue (2004). The fight for the Citadel was so intense that we ultimately backed-off and just let the B-52s level the place. On the old Royal Palace grounds maybe 5% of the buildings were in any shape to be restored, as they have been long since. Elsewhere the airstrikes had changed the actual topography, removing perhaps 1-3m of soil in most places.
Love the quote from animal mother, thank god for the sickle cell 😂
Questions: why is he firing a belt fed M60 with no ammunition and how do they shoot their M16's full auto with 10 round magazines and then not reload?
He had the belt cross cross around him
The m16 had 20 rounds cuh
“When we’re in Hue, it’s like a war.”
Can anyone tell me who the dude is in that huge poster? Creeps the bejesus out of me
PVT. Joker
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Why Ho Chi Minh of course!
Just a smiling Vietnamese dude
I think it's Don Ho
Takes place during the Tet Offensive
Anyone who is interested in this battle should read Hue 1968 by Mark Bowden (Black Hawk Down). I also recommend A Cat from Hue by John Laurence.
Rafterman is proof that the camera man never dies
The access to the tank's radio on its rear panel is very cool.
Very relaxed advance, like a Sunday walk in the park. Wonder if they were really that careless...
Interesting how the smiling face was always portrait in the scenes that were supposed to be very scary and tense.
I’d always give me and unsettling feeling of something beyond mankind was watching, and making fun of it.
4:25 no clip in the weapon
He took his mag out
" Hue 1968" Mark Browder. Great book on this battle.
Using M-41 Bulldog tanks which USMC did not use in Vietnam but they worked for the scene.
Filmed on the north bank of the Thames
I think Tarrentino would have made this the beginning scene and back tracked to training?? One of the best war films
And it would be awesome too.
Name is Tarantino, not Tarrentino.
Taken from the book by Michael Herr "Dispatches" which vividly describes the battle for Hue City and the Citadel during Tet 1968. This scene begins with the John Wayne character KIA because it's not going to be a Hollywood battle scene. One of his finest moments on film among many.
I never understood why that tank didn't come over and blasted that building.
They can't they always had flak jackets in Vietnam crazy but I understand
Yes, they're were men who took combat photos
Hue is a nice place now.
Brilliant camerawork
This is what east London looks like today without a war
What killed the lieutenant? It looks like the explosions are far away from him.
I don't understand why they leave the tanks behind and advance on foot without cover once the enemy initiates contact. I'm sure it's accurate doctrine and tactics but what advantages does it offer?
I'm not in the military, but the way I understand it, tanks have less visibility. All it takes is a well placed IED to knock em' out. Easier to check for IEDs on foot. Generally armor shouldn't be sent in alone without an infantry escort. One thing I've noticed in observing real world military tactics is that tanks are often used to deal with other tanks or heavily fortified infantry. They are actually very ineffective against irregular units (such as the Viet Cong).
@@GDI_CrimsoN Tanks back then were more suited for open field battles not for going down city streets especially ones covered in rubble since they wasn't very maneuverable. The way the infantry was walking behind the tanks in this scene made no sense since the tanks would have acted as cover so the infantry should have been following in a line behind the tanks not spread out walking beside the tank. Saving private Ryan is the only movie I remember doing it right during the last battle we see a German tank moving forward with infantry in two single file lines behind it then once the Germans got close to other cover they started to spread out and got behind that cover.
2:12 one of my favorite shots of all time
I wish I could find one of those marine flak vests for under $500...
There’s some for auction on eBay for about 240-300. Or you can buy the reaper papa san repros
@@theburgernoder2441 Never heard of those repros. Where can I find them/how much are they?
@@huntclanhunt9697 you get them at reaper papa san’s supply’s face book page and they sell for 200-300 depending on the size.
@@theburgernoder2441 Ah. Still a bit much for me. Guess I'll stick to my 80s impression kit.
Still have mine. Great condition too.
That is how we learned. No fear. Expected to do our duty.
I know it's just a film-but why didn't the tanks shell the buildings before they advanced?
This took place in south Vietnam who was our allies so they was probably under orders to keep property damage at a minimum.
The tank is an M41 Walker Bulldog
0:35 keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire! Great movie overall, but I would have had my guts stomped out, if I made a mistake like that.
Well, maybe its because trigger discipline wasn't a thing for GI's till the gulf war.
Or perhaps the adrenaline kicking in
In 1960s. This practice wasn't being standard practice and being formally articulated in the U.S. military yet.
I like the detail of the dying soldier behind the tank peeing his pants, it is something most people do if dying by a gunshot
Filmed at the old gas works near Barkingside
What about the battle of Saturation City?
I saw this movie when it came out, but I don't remember the soldiers being as goofy as this clip. 😅
What killed the lieutenant? Mine? Claymore??
Maybe shrapnel from the mortars/artillery?
Splinters from the explosions?
@@Qourie shrapnel
shrapnel although he does a not so good job of dying lol
@@whiskeyTX Idk, what it could have been is him thinking he was okay just in shock of being hit so he walked one or 2 steps mabye still thinking he was okay before falling over.
i never understood why the guy behind the tank is killed if the explotions were far away from his position and cannot hear of see the shoot
Hard to believe but this was filmed in the abandoned and partially demolished Royal Dockyards (Royal Victoria Dock, Royal Albert Dock, King George V Dock) in the East End of London (West Ham) prior to their re-development.
Hue city was the old captial of vietnam,and was defended by NVA T-61 TANKS. 10th ARMORED RECON.
love the little errors in this
one shot mag in the rifle
next shot NO mag in the rifle
next shot mag back in the rifle haha
Just takes a picture what a legend
Well he is here to take combat photos
Full Metal Jacket, We Were Soldiers & Blackhawk Down my favorite 3 and yes it was a tough decision leaving the other ones out guys 😭
Full metal Jacket Jarhead and Saving private Ryan are my 3 👀
Full metal jacket , we were soldiers , band of brothers.
戦争映画🎥の最高峰。生々しい。この後が、一番格好良いんだけどね!
The TrashmanのRock'nRoll🎸が戦場に響き渡るぜ!!
Surfin Bird❤🎸
Best war movie of all time. My second favorite is office space, then matrix
Office Space is indeed an absolute classic war movie. A top 5 war film for sure.
I’ve only just noticed that when they started this battle they had a tank and by the end it seems to have completely disappeared!
I was in this battle. The scenery doesn't look a bit like Hue City.
Of course, this scene was filmed in London.
Saw this at the movies where it came out. Frikn amazing and pioneering use of the seadicam, I also saw Platoon which I think came out maybe a year or so earlier. Both great movies from directors at their very best but the Vietnam movie from the mid-80's nobody seems to remember any more and in my opinion the best of the three is Hamburger Hill. absolutely and unapologetically brutal, more like a documentary than a movie, it throws you into the meat grinder with those poor kids and the tragic war they fought in. Now all we get are dumb movies about super heroes.
この映画は自殺者が出るような新兵訓練を受けた兵士がベトコンとの戦いではたった一人の女兵士に翻弄されて、大騒ぎしながらもやっと仕留めて、ミッキーマウスの歌を歌いながら凱旋する姿で終わる。皮肉を込めたラストシーン。
How was the lieutenant hit, when he was walking behind a tank?
fragmentation lol
I thought it was shrapnel
Seems in every battle scene there's something ablaze!
Am I the only one who giggles at tbe amount of times they just indiscrimanately unload thousands of rounds a whatver just for good messure?
its mad how this was filmed in London, United Kingdom.
First of all i just want to thank all military service members and veterans from all branches for their service. I wonder how many pounds of extra gear these guys have to carry on them. It must of been brutal in Vietnam to be walking and running all day with all that humidity.
Why are you thanking them?
"Nowww, everybody's heard, about the bird "🐦
The officer was hit even if he was well covered by a tank, then he falls in a goofy way. The soldier hit by the mg falls in a goofy way too. The squad leader's rifle does some magic trick with the magazine. These are too many (not so) little weird or wrong details in this movie!