:20 spinning beach ball after importing a clip

I have an annoying problem that I hope someone can help me with. This has never happened with any of the 8-10 iMovie projects I have done since I started using the program a couple of years ago.
When I find a piece of footage I want to capture, I go through the process of doing do, then click stop when finished importing the particular clip. Then, as normal, I will get a very brief drop down message stating that iMovie is generating thumbnails/processing event, and it would appear iMovie is ready for me to capture more footage. But, the very moment I move the arrow cursor, a spinning beach ball appears and continues to spin for 15-20 seconds. They at the end of this 15-20 seconds, a very brief drop down message appears noting that iMovie is "optimising movie."
It's a very annoying problem that I have never had before with any other projects. I've tried shutting down/restarting to no avail. I have plenty of space available on the hard drive and there are no other programs running simultaneously with iMovie.
Thank you in advance.
Gary

I have been capturing with a Sony MiniDV but I also tried a second JVC MiniDV camera as well, thinking that perhaps it might make a difference. It did not make a difference.
Also, I am not running the stabilization at the time of import as the footage was taped on a tripod.
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