Importing videos into iPhoto

My iPhone 4 is set up to automatically forward/export all my photos into iPhoto, but it doesn't export/forward any of my videos from the same phone. How can I get my iPhone videos into iPhoto, please?
Thanks--Carl H.

it doesn’t seem to want to let me put any of the videos into the Trash
To delete selected items from a smart album try the keyboard shortcut option-command-delete ⌥⌘⌫   .
You then should see this prompt:
It didn’t import/show any of the videos I’ve shot in the last 7-8 months or so
Then you did probably not import any movies to your currently open  iPhoto library during the last 7-8 months.
Have you tried to import your videos using Image Capture?

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