IMovie will only import short videos from my camera.

Hello,
I recently bought a Sony CyberShot DSC-HX50 camera.   I filled one 8 GB memory card and have half-filled a 16 GB card (I was overseas and couldn't download photos to my MacBook Pro, which was at home).   I have the most recent version of iMovie but this is the first time I've used it.  My MacBook has a new solid-state hard drive and plenty of memory.
iMovie does not "see" ANY of the videos on the 8 GB card; the videos are all either about one, three, or seven minutes long.  On the 16 GB card, it only "sees" the videos that are under one minute.  I have imported those videos to iMovie, but I can't get it to "see" the other, longer ones.  I've tried unplugging and replugging the camera cable, removing and replacing the memory card, turning the camera on and off, and shutting off and restarting iMovie.   I've gone through all of the options in the toolbar and haven't found the answer, and the "help" option isn't helpful at all.  The videos play fine on the camera screen.
All iMovie does when I try to "import from camera"  from the 8 GB card is show the little icons that look like a piece of old-fashioned camera film; no indication at all that there are any videos on the camera card.  When I try to import from the 16 GB card, iMovie just shows the three short videos and no indication that the longer ones exist.
Interestingly, iPhoto can "see" the same movies iMovie can.  I understand iPhoto is not set up to download longer movies (although it has downloaded movies from my iPod that are several minutes long).  But I have no idea why iMovie isn't cooperating.
Help, please!  Thank you!

OK thanks. I downloaded the Simple Transfer app but not too sure how to use it to transfer pics back to PC.  It asked me to go to a website but I couldn't get it to transfer anything - it seemed to only want to transfer from my PC to the Ipad and not the other way around.
I'm very new to apple products so big learning curve for me.
Any suggestions?
Thank you for your help.

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