Only one shot of Full Metal Jacket was taken outside of England

Stock footage of Parris Island was used for the passing out parade

Beckton Gasworks in East London was used for Vietnam

The interiors of the barracks were a set built in a disused factory in Enfield

Parris Island was replaced with Bassingbourn Barracks and a rifle range outside Cambridge

The 'helicopter-gunning-workers-in-the-paddy fields' scene was filmed over the Norfolk Broads