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The Sound Track was launched in the midst of World War II as the answer to a problem which had arisen at that time.
With the outbreak of the War, virtually all equipment manufacturers devoted their entire production to turning out the tools of war. Those theatres with equipment which was outmoded and on the point of replacement found themselves faced with the necessity of struggling along with what they had over the next several years.
To make a bad situation worse, the armed forces had called many of the experienced projectionists and theatre managers of the country, so that it was necessary to fill their places with untrained and hastily recruited men and women. This combination of equipment on the point of collapse and of untrained projectionists in the booth threatened to bring about the closing of many theatres.
The Motiograph theatre equipment dealers and the Motiograph Company decided that they could make a worthwhile contribution to the motion picture theatre industry by bringing as much help as possible to the theatre owners when they needed it. As a result, The Sound Track was launched in May of 1943.
The Sound Track had nothing to sell, because there was no equipment being manufactured, and it seemed a long time before there would be. It devoted itself to bringing information on how to keep old equipment in operating condition, and of providing instruction on the essentials of motion picture projection and management to those who were breaking into theatre business, as well as to the older men who were sufficiently alert to realize that there was always something to learn.
The magazine was mailed to the vast majority of the theatres of the United States and Canada without charge, as all of the costs have been defrayed by the Motiograph dealers and by Motiograph.
During the ensuing years, The Sound Track published articles on almost every type of booth equipment, outlining its construction, operation and