How do I retrieve my imovies or idvds from the Lacie external harddrive.?

Hi,
My Lacie External hard drives have been saving away for years, but only now that my computer has run out of space am I wondering how  to retrieve the files saved on the Lacie HDD.
I am unable to make any more imovies as I have no space, so I have started deleting imovies on  the macintosh HD but am very nervous about losing them.
How do I retrieve my home movies which I have made on imovie and idvd after they have been deleted from imovie but are saved to the Lacie external harddrive?
Some of the files saved to the Lacie HDD are .m4v files or DVDproj files.
Is it through itunes, imovie or by clicking on the file - Some open and I can view the movie and some don't?
When I click on some files it says "File not writable",
When I clicked on the  iDVDapp file, the message said "There is not enough room on Macintosh HD to copy all of the requested files. itunes will copy as many files as possible".
While viewing the files on the Lacie HDD, do they automatically save back onto the macintosh HD causing the macintosh HD to run out of space again?
When I open Lacie and go into imovie, the Lacie logo appears at the bottom of the project library but it does not display the saved movies and I can't click on it so what does this screen mean?
Thanks.

Sorry I am unclear where the backup is located.. On a time capsule??
Recovery of iphoto library you need to use pondini.
Q15 here. http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
He has a separate page for iphoto.

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