Copying a video from Youtube to use in Final Cut Pro

I have an old final cut pro that I us for charities and non-profits I think it is version 5.1.7. I have never had the money to upgrade and now I do not have any disk or material for the program, only what is on my system. Now the question. I have a charity that has ask me to pull a video off of Youtube that they cannot find the original. What is the best way to copy the video from Youtube and download it to my desktop and get the best quality to use in final cut pro. Thanks for your help.

Just use OSX:
Command - Shift - 3 will take a full screen snapshot
Command - Shift - 4 will let you draw a rectangle around the portion of screen you want to copy
Command - Control - Shift - 3 will copy the full screen to the clipboard (to be pasted in another app)
Command - Control - Shift - 4 will copy a selectable portion of the screen to the clipboard
Preview is set up to receive clipboard images — just select New from Clipboard from the File menu (or command - N). You can then export in a variety of formats.
Most browsers let you right click on an image and select Save Image As... to any location on your hard drive.

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Like the title says...
I can't upload or import videos from my iphoto library, into final cut pro x. When i click, IMPORT MEDIA in FCP, It lists 'iPhoto Library' as GRAY, and will not let me select it. I need the videos out of there. I have tried every way I can think of.
I have also tried from the iphoto side, to export the videos or share them to final cut. I have had no luck.
I have tried to drag and drop indidual video clips from iphoto to fcp, and the programs simply do not respond to each other
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However, the newer version that i have, does not have IMPORT 'FILES' as an option, it is simply all lumped together as IMPORT 'MEDIA'
Thank You for the Help

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vs
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