Import movie from DV camera

I want to import movies I made years ago on a DV camera. I edited them and then sent the footage back to the camera, as in those days it was the best way of keeping the full size video.
I tried to import them this morning but what iMovie has done is separate all the scenes into the days on which they were taken, so they're not in the order of the finished movies anymore.
In fact there is more than one movie I've imported, so the footage is a bit all over the place.
How can I view them in the original order that the video played it in?
Thanks

... or if you don't have iMovie HD, try "Vidi" - it's old (and free), but it saved me a ton of hassle when iMovie broke up footage on an old, worn tape into dozens of odd sized clips...

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