Extending Duration of a Clip

I'm using .mov clip in a segment of a sequence that requires a 20 second duration. Since the clip is only 12 seconds in duration, is there a way to seamlessly loop the clip so that it appears to be one 20 second long clip instead of 12 seconds?
I tried:
1. Making a copy and putting them side-by-side, but I get a black frame break between them;
2. Adding a cross fade, but that breaks the continuity of the clip;
3. Overlapping two copies: this worked fine EXCEPT for a one-frame-or-so 'jiggle'.
Any other ideas for doing this?
(P.S. Can't reshoot since this is stock footage.)
Thanks.

Great QT tip!
And ... I still have a very slight jitter at the edit point; 'good enough for gov't work' as they say, but I prefer a more efficient gov't ... is there a way to fix this jitter, or is this something I have to live with?
Also, I tried to add a crossfade between the clips (as someone else suggested) and trimmed the tail of the 1st clip and the head of the 2nd clip by 15 frames from each. Got the same slight jitter as when I did the cut and paste in QT.
Thanks.

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