How do you move movies from iPhoto library into iMovie

Previously, short movie clips that were downloaded from my digital camera into iPhoto automatically appeared in iMovie.  Now, however, these movie clips still remain in my iPhoto library but do not show up in the Event Library under the iPhoto Videos folder.  How do I get them back into iMovie?  These are movies going back to 2004.  Before they "disappeared" I had edited 250 clips and shared them in iTunes.  They remain in my Project Library in iMovie but I'd like to finish editing them and sharing them in iTunes. I am working with iMovie '09, 8.0.6 (821) and iPhoto version 9.6 (910.29).

Greetings Joy,
If you are having an issue with some video showing up in iPhoto but not being available in iMovie, use the steps in this article to bring it over -
iMovie may not recognize some videos in iPhoto or Aperture - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Be well,
Brett L 

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