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Started by Will Overington
Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:36
A picturesque square in Mainz
Author: Will Overington
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:36
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:36
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14th December 1992 Recently, watching a German television station Sat-1 here in England, it being broadcast on the Astra satellite television system, I taped a programme called "Darum es ist am Rhine so schon" starring volksmusik singer Heino and his wife Hannelore. In a sequence near the start, they are in Mainz, which I have long been interested in as it was where Gutenberg printed the first book printed with moveable type, in the year 1456. In part of this sequence Heino and his wife waltz around and around in a smallish picturesque square, with the camera capturing two complete rotations of the background of buildings. Being interested in virtual worlds, and largely for a bit of fun I have tried watching the tape, including single stepping various parts, to try to see if it is possible to work out a model of the square from the pictures, and to see what the limitations of trying to do this turn out to be. An interesting aspect of this is that there is in the square what looks like might be a water supply with a statue of Madonna and Child. Does anyone happen to recognize the description of this square please and maybe know its name and perhaps be able to say something about whether it is a water supply and about the statue please?
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