Can't stabilize digitized video?

I attempted to analyze an entire 2 hour clip captured by digitizing an 8mm analog tape. Analysis took about a day, and the surprising result was a two-hour-long red squiggle. Is this "normal", that you can't apply stabilization to analog conversions?
I'm converting my old analog 8mm tapes to DV streams using a Sony camera I got on e-bay for this purpose. So far it's going OK and the captured video looks better than I expected. BUt I'm surprised that I won't be able to apply stabilization. Would it help to break up the clip?

I think it would definitely help to break up the clip. You can do this with MPEG Streamclip really easily.
Do the first clip with MPEG Streamclip and then analyze to make sure.
Hint: Drag 2 hour clip into MPEG Streamclip. Set playhead at "in" point for first clip and press I. Set playhead at 'out" point of first clip and press O. Then Export using QuickTIme at current dimensions and codec. Then repeat the process until you have all the individual clips you want.
Another Hint: After you do this, set the date using "A Better Finder Attributes" or by renaming the clip thus: clip-yyyy-mm-dd hh;mm;ss.ext where hh is 24 hour time and ext is the current extension (e.g. DV, MOV, etc.)
Now when you import into iMovie it will show up in the proper year and month in the Event Browser.

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