How do I download video to my computer?

I'm new to the world of video. I just bought a Sony DCR-HC21 camcorder and I would like to import the video to iMovie4 the same way I import my photos to iPhoto. The camera did not come with a firewire cable, and I assume that I will need this to import the video.
Once I get the firewire cable, does iMovie work like iPhoto, just connect the camera and import or do I need thirdparty software to import video?
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
ibook 12   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

and don't pay a fortune for firewire cables. Go to allelectronics.com and get 3 footers for $4
Get a good quality, shielded cable. There have been numerous postings about problems where it turned out the poster's cheap FW cable had gone bad.
(I have NO idea if the cables from allelectronics.com are good or bad)

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