Location at Beni Youssef, Crossing of the Sea
- Made:
- 1955 in Los Angeles
Annotated photograph used in the production process for the `Parting of the Red Sea' sequence from the film THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 1955: Location at Beni Youssef, Crossing of the Sea, piece #FF 98AX.
Test rehearsal of the moment when the Israelites (Egyptian extras from the military) file into the sea bed after the waters divide.
The optical department of Paramount Pictures has penciled in the first approximation of the miniature water effects. Actural dates of the sea wall photography are shown at the bottom of the mount.
