Copying events drive to drive in iMovie08

How do I copy events from one drive to another in iMovie 08?  (Different than iMovie 11).  More details below:
I have iMovie 08 and have two drives - the internal computer drive and a USB connected external.  Both show up in the iMovie event library and when I import from a camera, I am asked which drive to write to so I write to my external to save space.  Before I delete the movies from my camera card, I decided I wanted to copy the events that are on the external onto the internal so I have a backup.  I can't figure out how to do this.  Apple support documentation for iMovie 11 says that dragging onto the other hard drive copies and command drag  moves.    Documents for iMovie 08 says that dragging moves rather than copies.  This is what I find.  I drag an event from external to internal and the event disappears from the external.
The two documents are foiund here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1026   (iMovie 08)
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2302?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

iMovie 08 has only Move, not copy. If you want to make a backup, you can copy the event folder in the finder and paste it on another drive. However, to use it, you would have to copy it back to the external drive where it started.
The copy function was added in iMovie 09.

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