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Beckton Gas Works
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Beckton Gas Works was a major London gasworks built to manufacture coal gas and other products including coke from coal. It has been variously described as "the largest such plant in the world" and "t
Beckton Gas Works in 1985
Beckton Gas Works in 1985
Gasholder at Beckton Gas Works, in 2007
Gasholder at Beckton Gas Works, in 2007
Ruins of the Beckton Gas Works from the Gallions Reach DLR station, 1994
Ruins of the Beckton Gas Works from the Gallions Reach DLR station, 1994
Remains of Beckton Gas Works retort-houses, in 1996
Remains of Beckton Gas Works retort-houses, in 1996
Full Metal Jacket
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Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay he co-wrote with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. The film is based on Hasford's 1979 autobiographical n
Beckton Gas Works
…and Chris Lowe to an apocalyptic wasteland, the scenes of which were filmed at Beckton, very close to the same area used in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film Full Metal Jacket. In the final hour or so of Full Metal Jacket, Stanley Kubrick's 1987 movie portraying the Vietnam War, Matthew Modine (Private Joker), Adam Baldwin…
Theatrical release poster
Theatrical release poster
Helmet prop from the film
Helmet prop from the film
R. Lee Ermey (pictured) was praised by critics for his performance as Hartman, leading him to win the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Su
R. Lee Ermey (pictured) was praised by critics for his performance as Hartman, leading him to win the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor.