Can NOT Import iMovie from 2005

I have an old iMovie project that was created in 2005; I don't know the version of iMovie that created it but the file extensions in the project include .iMovie2Project and .iMovieProj
I'd like to import into a recent vintage of iMovie; I tried to open it with iMovie 9.0.9 but the import button stayed greyed out regardless of the file or folder I selected.
Can someone tell me:
What's the most recent version of iMovie that will open this project created in 2005? (Perhaps I can resurrect an older version of iMovie from an install disk.
Is there any other way to get this imported into a current version of iMovie, other than re-importing the original footage from my video camera?
Thank you for your time and attention.
- nello

Right click on those files and choose "Show Contents".
Dig around through the folders to find your original clips.Make a new Desktop folder and drag what you want into it. Use those clips in your newer version of iMovie.

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