How to split a movie into smaller segments before importing to iMovie 09?

I got software from Roxio allowing me to get VHS tapes to the computer in the form of .mov. It was supposed to convert it for use with iMovie but it didn't work. So I'm using MPEG Streamclip converting it to DV. But it takes too many GB's. I need to break the alaska.mov to several smaller parts. I know this is simple but can anyone help? Thanks.
Max

thanks for your helpful suggestions. I opened the old VHS movie converted by Roxio VHS to DVD. It opened in Quicktime. I then trimmed it into more or less 4 equal parts, using the trim function in Quicktime. I then converted each part to DV using MPEG streaclip saving it to an external drive. I then used iMovie 09 to import it and create thumbnails. Now I'm ready to edit. I could have avoided all those steps by dragging it directly into Final Cut Express which I have, but this program is too complicated for me to learn.

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