Military and machine gun attack on hill where blocked by cows

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

Vivian, daughter of famed director Stanley Kubrick, shot 18 hours of behind-the-scenes footage for a documentary on the making of Full Metal Jacket. She never completed the project.