All imovie files have broken links

This has happened to several of imovie movies i put togethet with app. Different source files and content. Uon opening imovie, most if not all my masterfiles are empty with a triangular exclamation point. No more explanation. Several hours of work gone. Has this happened to anyone? Some explanation maybe ? Thank you

Take a look at this Apple support document for iMovie for iOS.
See if this helps you.
http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/imovie/

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