A white cabin cruiser approaches the pier end at Betterton, Maryland, circa 1963.
1963 · Betterton, Maryland, United States
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The cruiser passes the pilings as the camera pans to the red-roofed pier building — Betterton, Maryland, 1963
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- 1963
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- Betterton, Maryland, United States
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- Still 2 · 2.67s into the source clip
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Cabin cruiser passing the pilings of the Betterton, Maryland, pier circa 1963, the red-roofed pier building rising behind it.
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The full red hipped roof of the pier building comes into view as the boat turns away from the camera.
1963 · Betterton, Maryland, United States
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Seen from astern, the cruiser runs along the shaded side of the pier.
1963 · Betterton, Maryland, United States
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Source footage and archive context
Betterton Maryland-1963: White Cabin Cruiser Motoring Past Pilings and a Red-Roofed Pier Building
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1963 United States.
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Period detail
The white cabin cruiser with wood trim and a varnished stern, and the plain frame pier building on timber pilings, fit the early 1960s; the hull may show a wooden-built cruiser of that era.
Film character
Regular 8mm colour with saturated reds and blues, visible grain, a violet cast in sky and water and a slightly unsteady telephoto pan.
Historical context
Betterton was a steamboat resort whose larger hotels and amusement pier were later demolished or burned, so this shows waterfront structures from the resort's late years.
Research note
The people aboard are distant and not identifiable and no boat name or registration is readable; the boat and pier building are private property, and likeness and property questions stay separate from film copyright.
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