Synopsis

A young American soldier, hit by a shell on the last day of the First World War, lies in a hospital bed, a quadruple amputee who has lost his eyes, ears, mouth and nose. He remains conscious, and able to reason, and tries to communicate to his doctors his wish that he be put on show in a carnival as a demonstration of the horrors of war, as the band Metallica play their song One, in a dirty abandoned warehouse

Notes

An edited version of this video was created when the first was voted too depressing. All footage from the 1971 anti-war movie, Johnny’s got his Gun was removed and replaced by more footage of Metallica playing in the warehouse.

Features footage from a film called Johnny's got a Gun, a 1971 war film about a crippled soldier going mad. The film stared Donald Sutherland (M*A*S*H) and Jason Robards (Magnolia), although it is removed in some versions.

Lineup

• James Hetfield - Vocals, Guitar
• Kirk Hammet - Guitar
• Jason Newsted - Bass
• Lars Ulrich - Drums