GBH Archives

GBH Archives GBH Archives provides access to historical content produced by the WGBH Educational Foundation. Find out more at americanarchive.org.

The GBH Archives contains video, audio, images, searchable transcripts, and resource management tools, all of which are available for individual and classroom learning. Services include the GBH Stock Sales department for licensing moving image clips, digital images, web content and text from GBH Boston, the leading producer of prime time programs for public television. Our award winning programs i

nclude NOVA, Frontline, American Experience, Masterpiece Theatre, Antiques Roadshow, The French Chef and many more, dating back to the beginning of public television in the 1950s. The GBH Archives is also a steward of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB), a co-collaboration with the Library of Congress to preserve and make available historic programs from public media organizations across the nation.

07/05/2025

Legendary Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler makes his way to Boston's Hatch Shell for Fourth of July concert, 1970s.

07/01/2025

Behind the scenes at McDonald's restaurant in Brighton, MA, 1980.

06/27/2025

Salem Willows amusement park includes miniature golf, merry-go-round, pinball arcade, bumper cars. From a GBH News story in August, 1990. Reporter, Marcus Jones.

06/24/2025

Record-setting heatwave in Boston from a GBH News story in August, 1988.

06/14/2025

Newbury Street, Boston.

06/13/2025

Downtown Crossing, Boston seen in 1995

06/12/2025

School's out. What are Brookline, MA students going to do for the summer? From a GBH News story in June, 1987.

06/10/2025

POV driving inbound on Storrow Drive in January, 1983.

06/07/2025

Office workers in Back Bay, Boston seen in June, 1982.

06/06/2025

Happy National Donut Day. Happy National Donut Day. Scenes from Supreme Coffee and Donuts in Brockton, MA seen in 1986 or thereabouts.

06/03/2025

A Boston Left on Blue Hill Avenue seen in 1982.

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