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GBH Archives GBH Archives provides access to historical content produced by the WGBH Educational Foundation.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

12/23/2025

The New England Patriots make the playoffs in December, 1985. Reporter, David Williams.

12/20/2025

Holiday shoppers at Bradlees in December, 1989.

12/19/2025

Boston's North End on December 19th, 1984.

12/17/2025

Filene's Basement in Boston seen in December, 1989.

12/13/2025

Holiday shoppers at Jordan Marsh department store in Downtown Crossing, Boston seen in December, 1982.

12/13/2025

Downtown Crossing, Boston seen in January, 1976. Amazing how Eastern Bloc it looked back then.

12/09/2025

A slow start to the Christmas shopping season at Sears in the Cambridgeside Galleria in December, 1990. Reporter, John Hashimoto.

12/05/2025

Harvard Square, Cambridge seen in winter 1985.

12/03/2025

Why buy mayonnaise when you can make your own? Julia Child shows how to do it.

11/25/2025

If you don't want to make a pie for Thanksgiving why not try Baked Alaska instead? Julia Child shows you how to do it.

11/22/2025

Quincy, MA street scene in 1978.

11/18/2025

Making pies for Thanksgiving? Julia Child has a tip for making perfect pie dough in under one-minute.

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