December 6, 1988
Metallica shoot their first music video for "One" which features clips from the film Johnny Got His Gun.
"It's a nice, jolly little affair, isn't it?"
— Lars, March 1989, Metallica: In Their Own Words
"I think the band was a little taken aback by how much of the movie I put in there. It's a very complicated story and to do it with just one or two soundbytes here and there wouldn't have made it. Basically, every time there was an extended guitar intro or guitar solo or anything like that, I covered the whole thing up. (...) But I think they realized that for this particular clip, the story element was more important."
— Michael Salomon, co-director of the video, Frayed Ends of Metal
"The other day in Italy there were two guys just drilling into this whole thing about 'One' and anti-war and making a statement of peace for the kids. 'You guys care so much.' I was telling James about this afterwards. We were laughing. 'Why do people make such a big deal about it?' And James turns round and goes, 'All it is, is a fucking song about a guy who stepped on a land mine!' That kinda sums the whole thing up."
— Lars, November 1991, Metallica: In Their Own Words