Upgrade to iPhoto 9.3.1 converted my videos to jpgs

I just installed an upgrade to iPhoto 9.3.1 and now many of my videos in the library has turned into jpgs. In the detail sidebar, it now says they are either RAW or JPG even tho they're videos. When I click on them to view bigger, it just gives me a giant exclamation icon for RAW and bigger still-image for JPG. They're all same videos from iPhone 3GS.

Hi Terence,
Thanks for your response. I want to find another way other than restoring from the backup because before the upgrade, there was a bug with my albums where many of my photos won't show the thumbnail previews. This upgrade seemed to have fixed that but brought a new bug.
I tried to reveal them in finder but that function would just open a blank finder window defaulting to general computer folder instead of showing a specific folder that holds the photo. I tried Reveal in Finder with a video that works and then navigated around the folders around there and it seems lots of folders are empty. I'm guessing that's why it's leading me to a generic folder with some image/movies. In terms of the file type, I know for sure they're videos because I remember playing them. Since it was taken with a native iOS camera, file type is definitely .mov.
Is there perhaps a way to reset my albums to default or something so it'll restore to generic original setup?

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