No sound in imovie events but there is in projects

I recently imported a lot of video to an external hard drive.  When I try and play the video in events, there is no sound.  When I drag it up to a project, there is sound.  What's up with that?!

Is the external drive formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)? Formats such as FAT32 and NTFS will not work properly (if at all) with iMovie. Also, external FireWire drives generally work more efficiently than USB drives when editing in iMovie.
If the drive is not formatted correctly, you will have to backup the files elsewhere, then reformat using Disk Utility.
To check the format, in Finder right-click (or control-click) on the name of the drive (left hand column) and select Get Info. In the panel that opens you will see the format.
Of course, formatting may not be the problem, given that you can at least see the video in the Event, plus get sound and video in the Project (which may be on your internal drive). But worth checking!
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