Shifting video clips along a podcast video track?

I have created a short video in iMovie, and imported it into my podcast in Garageband 3.0.4 (104.7). It imports into a Video track, replacing the podcast track. However, unlike other tracks imported it won't import at the position of the playhead, only at the very beginning of the podcast.
How can I get it to import at the point I want, say 30 seconds along the track? Or, how can I shift the video (preferably locked to its sound track so it remains in sync, as you can do in iMovie) and move it along the track further? The video sound will move, but the video won't. I want to record other sounds in Garageband on the male voice track and jingles track, and have these before the video track starts to play.
Thanks so much!
Carol
iBook G4 1.2 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

that's just the way gb works, it's not a video editor.
you would need to add the 30 seconds in iMovie before dropping it into gb.

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