Combining Multiple Quicktime Pro Movies

Hello,
I cannot combine two quicktime movies. When I try to combine the movies, it does not work. I have done the following step as advised by quicktime pro manual: With QuickTime Pro, you can easily add one movie to another to make one longer movie.
To combine two movies:
In QuickTime Player, choose Edit > Select All to select the entire contents of the first movie.
Choose Edit > Copy, then open the second movie.
Move the playhead to the point at which you want to insert the movie (usually the very beginning or end of the original movie), and choose Edit > Paste.
Choose File > Save As to name and save the new movie.
This does not work, it does not copy that content but rather holds whatever is in the clipboard prior to copying the quicktime file. Can anyone offer any advice?

I upgraded to Snow Leopard and what was included was QTime 10. The ability to combine movies was lost. I had to reinsert the Snow Leopard Install disk, click on Optional Installs. Then I opened up the Optional Install.pkg file and one of the Optional installs is QT7. I installed it and it is placed in the Utilities folder under applications. When I open it my Pro Features are available and I can again combine Qtime movies.

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