Names of clips in iMovie have become mixed up

All the clips in my iMovie library have swopped names. When I open one clip it is actually another clip. Because of this they are also not sorted correctly by date. Does anyone know how I can fix this. I think it happened after an update several months ago.

Unfortunately you cannot display the underlying filenames directly in iMovie. The workaround is to hold down CTRL key and click on the clip, choose Reveal in Finder and a new Finder window will open with the clip highlighted.

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