Missing images iPhoto 11 - HELP PLEASE

So once again a huge amount of my images from iPhoto 11 have mysteriously disappeared from both my events and albums. I've done the photo Library First Aid (below) and it's not worked.
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
I've also tried to restore from my time machine but that hasn't worked either. I did have this problem a few months ago and fixed it using the methods above. I'm starting to panic now though as I have a huge amount of important images that I can no longer see of find.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Ok so to answer the question from CellarDwellr, yes I do have that box ticked. Ive also included a screen shot showing the black boxes. Ive also included screen shots showing what the albums and files look like/
Events
Albums
Individual files
To Old Toad, my file size is just over 3GB. This is for around 5000 images. Ive also attached a screenshot of iPhoto info panel.
I hope this helps … as it will the obviously help me too!
Merry Christmas
Steve

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