Deleted files by accident from iphoto and now can't play in imovie

Hi there, I am new here. I accidentally deleted a whole bunch of videos in iPhoto that I downloaded from my Flip video camera without realizing that I needed to keep them there for them to play in iMovie. I found 4 of them in the trash but I cannot open them. They are like this: clip-65590-03-22 12;09;00.dv and when I try to open them they say: The movie cannot be opened. The end of the file has been reached. Any advice before I have to explain this to my hubby???? Please and thank you!

Try to drag them out of the trash to the desktop. Then see if they will play through Preview or Quicktime.

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