IMovie keeps a clip I deleted within Event Browser

I’ve experienced this situation now several times, reproducibly on my MBPro (10.9.4) using iMovie 10.0.4:
In Event Browser I select a clip in one of the Events. Right-click, select Move to Trash.
The clip disappears from the Event Browser window.
Then I look in the Trash folder and the clip file is not in the Trash.
I look in the iMovie library, iMovie Library.imovielibrary/ and see that the clip file is still there.
I can close and reopen iMovie and the situation is unchanged.
(How I can look in the iMovie Library is described here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6474021)
Can someone tell me what I might be doing wrong?
In any case I would suggest that, on deleting a clip using the Event Browser, it would be worthwhile occasionally to check in the Trash folder and verify that the file has been moved to the Trash, so that when the Trash is emptied, the space occupied by that clip is released. This would be a quick way to show that you don’t have the problem I’m having.

Here is a solution to the problem:
In the Finder -> Go -> Go to Folder,
enter /Users/Your user name//Movies/iMovie Library.imovielibrary/Name of Event/
(Name of Event is exactly as it appears in the Event Browser)
Select Go
This takes you to the folder in iMovie Library for that event, and you will see the contents of that folder as several folders and perhaps a file. One of the folders is Original Media. Open that folder and you will see individual files of the individual clips contained in that Event. Delete the file of choice in the usual OS X way. iI will then appear in the Trash folder. Empty the trash and it is gone.
This solution was suggested by Shirt Pocket Support, which provides technical help for the backup app SuperDUper. I am indebted to them.
Bob Stokstad

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