Split clip in EVENT

I'd like to split a clip in the EVENT (not the project). The yellow box selector is woefully inadequate for precision selection (down to the frame). And even if you could select the clip to split, there is no way to split it. Rt-click/split ONLY works in the STUPID project library. I don't want to create projects! I want to divvy up my "raw" event video into appropriate events!
(I digitized 2 hrs of Hi8 video -- many different events.)
Help me before I hate iMovie '09 more!!

First, it is quite possible to edit to the frame level. Go to iMovie Preferences and put an check next to "Display Time as HH:MM:SS:Frames".
Next, you can split events but it is slow, and you have to destroy a frame at each split. Rather than tell you how, there is a way I much prefer that is quicker.
I do a lot of 8MM and VHS imports myself.
1) Download MPEG Streamclip, which is free.
2) Drag your file into MPEG Streamclip.
3) <----Start of Event----->
4) Position cursor at the frame where you want the event to start. Click i to set the "in point".
5) Position cursor at the frame where you want the event to end. Click o to set the "out point".
6) Click File/Export Using QuickTime. Choose a codec. If your event is DV, you may want to simply pass the clip through streamclip as DV. If it is MPEG2 or something highly compressed, convert it to Apple Intermediate Codec. (NOTE: for MPEG2 you also need the Apple QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component, available online from Apple $20)
7) Optional: You can deinterlace in this step, if you need to. Depends on your target media. Do a test.
8) Give your new event a name. I suggest that you name your clip as follows, because this will provide metadata that allows iMovie to automatically put the event in the right year and month, and allows you to see the time codes while skimming the event withe your cursor (VIEW/DISPLAY TIME CODES)
9) Here is the format for the name:
clip-yyyy-mm-dd hh;mm;ss (let MPEG Streamclip provide the extension, it will be DV or MOV)
where yyyy=year
mm=month in 2 digits
dd=day
remember a space between dd and hh
hh=hour in 24 hour time
mm = minutes
ss = seconds.
10) Additional splits needed on this clip? Go back to step 3.
11) In iMovie, select FILE/IMPORT from file.

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    Message was edited by: John Cogdell - added TIP

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