Transition between (2) movies at once?

I have iMovie HD. This weekend I videotaped a concert at our high school. We used two different video cameras and I would like to be able to edit back and forth between the footage shot on both cameras. One camera was used just for close-ups and the other was used to get the whole concert. How do I run both movies at the same time so that I can switch back and forth between the two??
If I can't use iMovie for this, does anyone have any suggestions for editing back and forth between two cameras??
Thank you!!!!!!!

I imported the footage from both cameras into the same iMovie, and just played the clips and cropped them at the correct frame. It was tricky, but doable. I had video of people giving speeches, and I had to crop at a specific word so that it played smoothly. I have also done this with videos of several school plays/concerts that were the same show but recorded on different nights. I 'spliced' in the parts that were the best from each video.
You may find it is easier to open two iMovies at the same time, one for each camera, so that you can view the same parts of the concert and find where you want to make the cuts. You will probably want to use the footage of the whole concert as your 'main' video and insert the closeups as you see how they best fit in. It is very easy to drag/drop clips from one iMovie to the other.
I know you can have two iMovie HD 6 open at the same time, but if you are using HD 5, I am sorry but I cannot remember if you can do this. If you cannot open two at once, you may want to consider importing one to the Clips pane and one directly into the Timeline. Change the options in iMovie's Preferences.

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