Re: Video clips mixed up on importation

I am new to iMovie and have recently imported a fairly lengthy video of a trip to Alaska. Unfortunately the clips are mixed up on importation, and it is extremely tedious and trying to reconstruct it when editing. I cannot understand why this should have occurred and wondered whether there was any way to resolve it. I notice that on one of the commands there is an adjust clip for date and time, and wondered whether that might help. Has anyone else experienced this problem and managed to resolve it, if so I would be very pleased to receive some advice.

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