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Disc 1 – "The City Reformed" - The Black Hand (1906, 11 min.), earliest surviving gangster film; probably directed by Wallace McCutcheon.
- How They Rob Men in Chicago (1900, 1 min.), an elderly man is robbed in Chicago, but some money is left behind on his unconscious person; directed by Wallace McCutcheon.
- The Voice of the Violin (1909, 16 min.), a terrorist plot foiled by the power of music; directed by D. W. Griffith and featuring Mack Sennett in a bit part.
- The Usurer's Grip (1912, 15 min.), melodrama arguing for consumer credit co-operatives; directed by Bannister Merwin.
- From the Submerged (1912, 11 min.), drama about homelessness and slumming parties; directed by Theodore Wharton.
- Hope—A Red Cross Seal Story (1912, 14 min.), a town mobilizes to fight tuberculosis; directed by Charles J. Brabin.
- The Cost of Carelessness (1913, 13 min.), traffic safety film for Brooklyn children; from Universal Film Manufacturing Company.
- Lights and Shadows in a City of a Million (1920, 7 min.), a charitable plea for the Detroit community fund; from the Ford Motor Company.
- 6,000,000 American Children . . . Are Not in School (1922, 2 min.), newsreel inspired by census data; produced by Lewis J. Selznick.
- The Soul of Youth (1920, 80 min.), a feature about an orphan reclaimed for society through the court of Judge Ben Lindsey; directed by William Desmond Taylor.
- With excerpts from Saved by the Juvenile Court (1913, 4 min.) essentially a political advertisement for Judge Ben Lindsey; directed by Otis B. Thayer.
- A Call for Help from Sing Sing! (1934, 3 min.), Warden Lawes speaks out for wayward teens.
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