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Disc 4 – "Americans in the Making" - Emigrants Landing on Ellis Island (1903, 2 min.), actual footage of the event; photographed by Alfred C. Abadie.
- An American in the Making (1913, 15 min.), U.S. Steel film promoting immigration and industrial safety.
- Ramona (1910, 16 min.), Helen Hunt Jackson's classic about racial conflict in California; directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford.
- Redskin (1929, 82 min.), racial tolerance epic shot in two-strip Technicolor. Richard Dix plays Wing Foot, son of a Navajo chief who suffers heartache and prejudice before the film's happy ending with Wing Foot bringing peace between the Navajo and Pueblo peoples; about half the film features two-tone color using red and green filters; a technique already used in the 1910s but not often employed due to the extra work and expense. In "Redskin" color is used only for the scenes showing the Navajo and Pueblo Indian people and their land. Directed by Victor Schertzinger.
- United Snakes of America (ca. 1917, 1 min.), World War I cartoon assails home front dissenters.
- Uncle Sam Donates for Liberty Loans (1919, 1 min.), a patriotic cartoon encouraging Americans to buy Liberty Loans.
- 100% American (1918, 14 min.), a young "thriftless" woman impassioned to start saving in order to buy Liberty Loans; directed by Arthur Rosson and starring Mary Pickford.
- Bud's Recruit (1918, 26 min.), brothers serve their country; directed by King Vidor (this is his earliest surviving film).
- The Reawakening (1919, 10 min.), documentary about helping disabled veterans build new lives after the war.
- Eight Prohibition Newsreels (1922–23, 13 min.), footage on raids along with various opinions about the effectiveness of Prohibition.
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