"U.S. Troops Landing at Daiquiri, Cuba" is the sort of film that fails to keep the viewer's interest due to the minimal amounts of action that is in frame. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it does detract from entertainment value, especially considering what action there is is something that would be better captured as a photograph. The subject and composition of this picture are both great, historically and technically speaking, but when there is little action to capture it becomes rather dry as a result.
The title describes this short film from the Edison Company, shot by William 'Daddy' Paley, which features a dock as some U.S. soldiers march off the boat in a rather organized procession. Unfortunately, the ability to further evaluate the footage is lost seeing as how shaky and deteriorated the image quality is, which then makes it hard to really follow what action there is. Had the footage survived better, perhaps it would be more interesting to see; however even with this in mind, the fact that the viewable action is consistent and unchanging is unavoidable. The troops continuing to march down the dock and past the camera is repeated continuously, and with nothing else happening, a photograph would have done better at highlighting the event.