Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film 1900-1934 is a highly researched and annotated collection of rarities from film archives. As explained by curator Scott Simmon, movies arrived at the same time as many social reform movements, and one of film's first jobs was to be a message carrier. The collection is a catalog of the issues that most concerned America in the first three decades of the twentieth century.

The films were gathered from a number of American archives and organized in the same way as the previous release of the National Film Preservation Foundation, Treasures from American Film Archives of seven years ago. Four discs carry over twelve hours of films, each accompanied by a new music score and a commentary by an expert sociologist or film historian. In addition to many short subjects, instructional and propaganda films, the collection includes several full-length features (one in 2-color Technicolor). Directors include Cecil B. De Mille, William Desmond Taylor, King Vidor, Lois Weber; stars include Richard Dix and Mary Pickford.

Disc 2: New Women

Kansas Saloon Smashers 1901, 1 min.
Edwin S. Porter

Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce 1901, 2 min.
Edwin S. Porter

Trial Marriages 1907, 12 min.
Francis Marion

Manhattan Trade School for Girls 1911, 16 min.

The Strong Arm Squad of the Future 1912, 1 min. .

A Lively Affair 1912, 7 min.

A Suffragette in Spite of Himself 1912, 8 min.
Bannister Merwin

On to Washington 1913, 80 seconds

The Hazards of Helen, Episode 13 1915, 13 min.
Paul C. Hurst

Where Are My Children? 1916, 65 min.
Lois Weber

The Courage of the Commonplace 1913, 13 min.

Poor Mrs. Jones! 1926, 46 min.
Produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Offers Herself as a Bride for $10,000 1931, 2 min.