How do I transfer my Imovie files to my new Mac?

Last night I received my brand new Imac and transferred the contents from my 2008 Imac using Time Machine BU. Everything seemed in order until I opened Imovie on the new Imac and couldn't see any of my Imovie events.
I then hooked the two computers together using an ethernet cable and used the migration feature to do the same thing.
Now it appears all my data has transferred twice( the 1 TB hard drive is almost full and the Imovie files are still not on the new Mac.
Can anyone advise me?

Click here and follow the instructions to move the files; to connect the computers together, hook them up with a FireWire cable and start up one with the T key held down.
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