Annotated photograph used in the production process for the `Parting of the Red Sea' sequence from the film THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 1955: Location shot, desert crossing of Egyptians in pursuit, no. #FF-AXA-4.

Note the aeroplanes which were used for wind effects. Rocks were made to define the parameters of the "Red Sea" bed from plaster and chickenwire, these were made at Paramount and flown to Egypt. The overlay indicates the preliminary indication of Tornado effects at the horizon line where the two water walls meet. On the right side of the photograph are Cecil B DeMille, cameraman Peverell Marley and effects supervisor John P Fulton.