Layers disappeared?

After exporting a Motion 3 project to Quicktime, I returned to Motion to find my layers in the project have all disappeared.
When I say disappeared, they're still in the layers window - although the little preview icons show just blank chequerboard backgrounds - and the outline shows up when I click on them, but the actual content (4 videos and 1 jpg) isn't visible in the viewer.
I'm new to Motion so I'm hoping a seasoned Motioner can tell me I'm missing something obvious.

Thanks for the response. That's what I thought was happening, but strangely the media wasn't showing up when I clicked on 'Reveal Source Media'. Last night I quit Motion and tried to revert to a saved version but the same thing was happening.
But this morning I booted up and it seems the Motion pixies have been busy overnight as the project has returned to its former glory. I'm just glad I don't have a tight deadline on this or else I'd have smashed my computer.

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