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GBH Archives GBH Archives provides access to historical content produced by the WGBH Educational Foundation.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.

10/04/2025

Scenes from the Charles River Esplanade, Boston in October, 1985.

10/03/2025

Please join us for the premiere of Life On the Other Planet, a film about the 1970s and 80s Boston music scene by Emmy Award winning filmmaker, Vinny Straggas. Featuring the music of Mission of Burma, Willie Alexander, The Real Kids, Robin Lane and the Chartbusters, Human Sexual Response and more! Screening at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA on October, 24th 7:30pm. For advance tickets: https://regenttheatre.com/events/life-on-the-other-planet/ Special performance by The Nervous Eaters after the film!

09/26/2025

Paramount Deli on Charles Street in Boston seen in June, 1989.

09/25/2025

Mass Ave in Cambridge, MA seen in September, 1981.

09/24/2025

Scenes from South Boston in 1999.

09/24/2025

Morning commute in Boston seen in 1991.

09/23/2025

The City of Boston gets tough on parking crime by introducing the Denver Boot to address unpaid parking tickets in 1977.

09/23/2025

Driving along with an ambulance on Albany Street in Boston's South End to rear emergency entrance of New England Medical Center in November, 1977. Reporter, Deborah Soloman.

09/23/2025

Government Center/City Hall Plaza, Boston seen in 1991.

09/22/2025

Harvard Street in Brookline, MA seen in August, 1984

09/20/2025

Storrow Drive, Boston seen in April, 1989.
PASSENGER VEHICLES ONLY...please.

09/19/2025

Scenes from Newbury Street, Boston 1980s.

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