Moving video to HD 6 from iMovie '08

I am taking events from finder - the main event folder, and dragging iMovie 08 files into iMovie HD6. When I do this it seems to create several "clips" each of which show they're 6 min long -- the length of the original event... Some say "Cache" and others say "clip" w. a series of numbers after it...
when I play each one though, the quality of the video varies..some are as in the original event, some are terrible! What is going on here? I want to now export this video to my camcorder so i can archive it onto MiniDV (which is why im transferring video from imovie '08 to iMovie HD6 in the first place...
how do i make heads or tails of these different versions of the same event?
This of course begs another question - when i look at an Event in finder , there is iMovie data, iMovie Cache, then imovie thumbnails with cache in there again and a slew of clips...someone help explaain!
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How could I upgrade the other applications but keep my iMovie HD 6 that I know and love? Anyone know what would be the best thing to do?
Simply install iLife '08. If iMovie '06 is already installed, it will be moved to to a new folder "iMovie (previous version)" and can be used with or without iMovie '08 being installed. (I.e., each version can be used independently.)

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