IMovie missing clips

How do you save iMovie project permanently? After deleting the used clips two free up memory, the video project shows 'missing files'.

In addition to removing or deleting, renaming them would also cause this. Or having them on an external drive which is not currently plugged in.
Your Video is kept in the Event. The Project references the video in the Event, without changing it.
It sounds like your project is telling you that the Event clips are not where it expected to find them.
If you mouse over the thumbnails of the missing clips in your project, does it show a path?
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