Blackmagic AVI - No Video

So I recorded 4 services this weekend using a Blackmagic DeckLink SDI card onto an XP box (just like I do every weekend). The files are recorded as an 8-bit YUV NTSC AVI file with Blackmagics Media Express. I then transfer those files to my iMac (mid-2011) for editing the following day, using Premiere Pro CSC6. This time, 5 of the 6files did not import the video. Only the audio. I can go to the original file on the XP box and the video/audio play just fine in Windows Media Player, but for some reason they don't import into my iMac. Even after a reboot, and a new project file. Any ideas?

shooternz - I can only assume that with Premiere it does. I have been editing this way for almost a year, with no issues. And all the files that are in my project folder were recorded and imported the exact same way. Nothing changed except the file name.
John - I didn't check that yet. I will do that next and let you know.

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Avi file video

I am new to Elements, just got it yesterday. I have a number of .avi files saved on my Vista machine from my Flip Video. So far the first clip I imported into Elements views and plays back just fine. Any other clip I import shows up almost completely black with a little line of video playing on the bottom of the clip. I looked at the clip properties and they all seem to be the same, they were saved in the same way. I've shut down and rebooted, still just the one clip shows up. Any help would be appreciated.
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Remember, "AVI" is but a "car." If your "car" is a Mercedes-Benz S-550, the alternator from a Yugo will not work. You need to find out what sort of "car" is inside your AVI.
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