Goebbels decreed that 20 per cent of the films should be propaganda and 80 per cent light entertainment
Time: 1942
Place: Germany
Details: Goebbels decreed in late 1942 that 20 percent of the films should be propaganda and 80 percent light entertainment during World War II.
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