Application for importing videos from a digital camera

I have a Canon PowerShot SD100 that I got a year and a half ago. It came with a CD that included software that could be used to import both the pictures and videos it took. However, after installing it, the CD got lost, probably ended up in the trash, and now I have no way to import the videos onto my new computer. (I use iPhoto for the pictures.)
Canon doesn't have a version of that same software, called ImageBrowser, available for download, and I've looked on my computer, but I can't seem to find any application that I could use to import the videos.
If anyone knows of a free application that would let me import my videos, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks a ton!
Jill

I don't use any software for importing videos from my camera I take the memory card out the camera. I insert it into my card reader. The memory card mounts on my desktop I can then drag and drop the movies from the card into my movies folder.

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