Still frame only in NTSC

I was messing around with some footage I shot with my little Panny Lumix still camera. I dropped the clips into the timeline and was immediately told the clips did not conform to the sequence settings and did I want FCP to reset the sequence properly. I clicked Okay.
As I tried to watch the footage, there was full motion in the Viewer window but the image on the NTSC monitor was frozen at the initial frame. Nothing I did got that image to move (other than move the timeline indicator to a new frame at which time the NTSC image changed to that frame's image).
One fix I tried at one point was to start with a brand new project and start over again. When FCP asked if I wanted the sequence changed to match the clips I said No. Lo and behold I then had motion displayed in the NTSC.
Now, this has happened before on regular DV footage but I can't remember how I worked around it. Does anyone have any clues why the video out would refuse to move despite the full motion on the computer's monitor?

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