Mavericks iMovie - Disable scene detection

Greetings - I am in the process of converting old VHS tape footage into movies via iMovie 2013 (i.e. Mavericks). So I am using the Import feature to import the footage. The problem is that for some reason iMovie keeps breaking up my imported footage into multiple segments. I want it to stop doing this. I just want to import 1 clip of the entire VHS tape so that I can trim it the way I want, edit it, etc. The multiple scenes make it much tougher to work with.
Is there a way to disable this?
Thanks in advance - Mark

Let me be a little more specific. I have a Panasonic AG-1980 professional tape deck that I am using to convert old family VHS tapes into movies (for our iPads, Macs, etc.). The audio/video is being imported into iMovie 2013 via Firewire 800 to a MacBook Pro 17". When I use the Import (capture) feature of iMovie 2013 the footage IS being imported correctly as a new scene BUT it's being broken up into many segments, which I don't want. I just 1 clip from beginning to end. Then I'll cut and edit it the way I want.
Is there a way to disable iMovie breaking up the import into multiple segments?
Thanks!

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