Figure 1---Here we see a scene from the beginning of the 1959 version of 'The 39 Steps'. It pictutes school boys sailing their boats at Hyde Park in London.

London parks are famous world round. As a result, they are often featured in movies. Central Park in New York is commonly used in the same way. Sometimes in the background are children enjoying being in the park. In the 1959 version of the spy thriller 'The 39 Steps', the action starts with Richard Hanney (Kenneth More) walking through Hyde Park. At the Round Pond is a spy sailing a model boat. It is the way microfilm is sent from one spy to another. Two 11-year old schoolboys are also filmed sailing their boat too.