Film Guidelines during WWII

The guidelines handed out during class do not seem very unusual to me. The first rule: "Will this picture help win the war?" pretty much sums up the rest of the rules. I'm sure even today, especially post September 11th that similar "guidelines" were sent out by the government or radio parent corporation. Not in a sense for censorship or propaganda but because of how effective multimedia has become at spreading a message to millions of people in minutes.

Although I can't find much on it, I'm curious on how strictly these guidelines were followed in WWII. I'd imagine in following wars (Korea, Vietnam) these guidelines became less enforceable as civil rights became a more dominant issue to Americans. Looking at the list of Allied propaganda films you can see just how large of an influence WWII had on the film industry. As mentioned in class, no doubt the music industry felt similar influence. Given that radio is still the most efficient medium exchange at the time (one that troops can listen too) than I'd imagine the influence was even larger.