Extracting multiple clips from large .mov file

Hi
For some reason this summer our camcorder has amalgamated all our clips in to one large 6Gb .mov file called "Private.mov". I can't import the separate clips into iMovie straight from the SD card as previously.
I can open the file in Quicktime and open each clip separately and then export it to a separate file and then import into iMovie. This works but as there are over 300 clips will take for ever. I can open multiple clips but can't do more than 10 at a time or it gets confusing on the screen as to what has been saved etc
Is there anyway of automating this and doing this in one batch or
What has gone wrong with the camera/the file this time?
Thanks for your help
Sarah

why dont you import the file direct into iMove which will create individual clips from the original file

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