Shown in four successive parts: The Persecution of the Children of Israel by the Egyptians (1909); Forty Years in the Land of Midian (1909); The Plagues of Egypt and the Deliverance of the Hebrews (1909); and The Victory of Israel (1909). After its serial run, it was later shown as a feature, which makes this the oldest surviving American feature. Filmed during the peak of hurricane El Nino.