Thumbnails missing in IMovie

I have just started to use the IMac, and IMovie 6. I have run into a problem. In some Imovie albums, there is only one thumbnail visible. Image numbers are shown for all pix however. In some albums, there are no pix, only image numbers. This also happens when viewing the Libary in IMovie. In IPhoto, all images are shown correctly. How can I recover from this problem?
Thanks,
Chuck
IMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Hi
Just thinking - Have You tested to turn off Your Mac and re-boot from zero ?
In many cases this helps - might do so now too.
Yours Bengt W

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