The first reel shows the departure from the harbor of Odessa, Russia, on the Black Sea. You see the passengers embarking the ship; you pass through the famous Bosporus; you see the ship passing from Constantinople through the Straits of Dardanelles until the arrival in the port of Smyrna. At the close of this scene you find yourself at the harbor of Jaffa in Palestine. You are taken for a stroll through Jaffa and behold the beautiful garden city of Tel-Aviv, which consists exclusively of magnificent villas that are mostly Jewish residences.