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 4: Americans in the Making

Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island 1903, 2 min.

An American in the Making 1913, 15 min.
U.S. Steel made this picture.

Ramona 1910, 16 min.
D.W. Griffith

Redskin 1929, 82 min.
Victor Schertzinger

The United Snakes of America 1917, 80 seconds
Another feeble political cartoon.

100% American 1918, 14 min.
Arthur Rosson

Bud's Recruit 1918, 26 min.
King Vidor

The Reawakening 1919, 10 min
The Ford Motor Company sponsored this cheery picture.

Eight Prohibition Newsreels 1923 - 1933, 13 min.