Trim a .mov clip without creating iMovie project

I would like to trim a video clip that I have in iMovie and iPhoto.  I just want to shorten the file and save it.  I do not want to make it into a iMovie project.  I know this can be done on iPhone.  Can it be done in iMovie or Iphoto or by some other simple free software?
I am running iMovie 10.0 and iPhoto 9.5 on a iMac with Mavericks.

There is free software called MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5 that will do this.
I think you can also do this in QuickTime Player X, but I have not tried it myself.

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