Importing larger videos from iPhone to iPhoto not working

When trying to import videos taken on iPhone 5 or 5S that are longer than 1 min, iPhoto stops importing and ejects iPhone.  Help!!  Need to get priceless video off my iPhone and saved.

Use Image Capture to upload the movies to a folder on the Desktop and try importing from there.
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