Edit of multiple clips duration

Hi, I have hunderds of video clips (not stills/photos) in my iMovie and need to make them of the same length, of course shorter than their sources. Can someone help me with this in the easiest and fastest way? Please describe it, if possible. Duration in the Inspector can change only length of one selected clip but I have about 700 clips to edit... Many thanks! Tom

You have to select each clip and change the length of it while it is highlighted yellow. There is no easy or fast way to do it.

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