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 3: Toil and Tyranny

Uncle Sam and the Bolsheviki I.W.W. Rat 1919, 40 seconds

The Crime of Carelessness 1912, 14 min.

Who Pays? Episode 12 1915, 35 min.

Labor's Reward 1925, 13 min.

Listen to Some Words of Wisdom 1930, 2 min.

The Godless Girl 1928, 128 min.
Cecil B. DeMille