Need to import whole video to put on DVD

Everyone, I'm a newbie to iMovie08. Can you help me with this question....I have interviewed my parents in regards to their childhood memories, so as to give these interviews to my siblings for Christmas. I want to import the whole tape from the camcorder to iMovie, and the put a nice menu screen on the video in iDvd. Here's my dilema..
1. I have 3 tapes of video
2. I want to import the whole tape, uninterrupted. I do NOT want to select 200+ seconds of footage (like iMovie breaks up the video) and continue to import, import, and import to the top of the screen.
3. Once I import the whole tape, I want to bring the project over to iDvd to put a nice menu system on the DVD with added photos from iPhoto.
Can someone explain how to import the whole imported video to the top of the screen in iMovie? I hope I have been clear, and THANKS in advance for any help!
p.s. my videos in iPhoto show up to on the bottom left of the project in iMovie. How do I get rid of this completely?

Mpeg Streamclip? Please elaborate.
MPEG Streamclip is a free utility for accessing many of the QT Pro features. While it is not geared to handle multiple audio/video layers like QT Pro, it does include support for multiplexed compression formats (VOB, MEPG2/AC3, MPEG, MPG, Flash, etc.) but does require the proper codecs be installed. Basically, it can utilize all QT components installed on your system and handles many "sequential" content operations better than QT Pro. In the case of merging files, if you "drag 'n drop" a set of selected files to the work window, it is automatically merge them in an alpha-numeric title order. This makes it very easy to merge and then convert VOB title sets which make up a single long video and convert it as a single file for say iPod or TV use. In the same manner, if your DV or HDV (usually now converted to AIC/AIFF) were captured in sequence order from tape and have filenames based on the time stamp or file creation DTG, then your filenames should show up in the finder or navigation list in their playback sequence order. If this is the case, then MPEG Streamclip will automatically open/merge multiple files in their playback sequence also. The "Save As..." option then works much the same as in QT Pro and will allow you to write the sequential data to a single MOV container. (Other containers are only available if, and only if, the content is compatible. E.g., the sequenced data could only be placed in an MP4 container if the data is MPEG4/AAC or H.264/AAC.)
In short, MPEG Streamclip extends some of the capabilities of the QT Structure and, IMHO, is well worth its "free" price tag. In fact, the combination of MPEG Streamclip and QT Pro can handle most of my day to day minor editing needs which do not require a "full-blown" video editor. I would even go so far as to say they have become indispensable.
MPEG Streamclip by Squared 5

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