Why can't i delete videos from my ipad mini 2?

Hi,
I'm running out of space on my iPad mini 2, 32gb, ios8.1.2. I want to delete some videos I shot on holiday last year, so I can make some more this year.
In the camera roll, I hit select, select the vids to delete, but the trash can icon goes grey (inactive) instead of blue (active). Deleting photographs is not a problem.
These films are not on my Cloud drive. I copied them onto my laptop - for editing purposes and backup. They are in a sub-folder in Movies, not in iTunes, as far as I can tell.
This doesn't explain why they are still on my iPad, despite all attempts to delete them!
Please help -  I dare not shoot more vid until I know I'll be able to get rid of it!
thanks
James

Hi ayliffesmith,
Is it possible that these videos are being used in an iMovie for iOS project? That would cause it to be impossible to delete them. See this article for how to complete the deletion -
iMovie for iOS (iPad): Delete a video clip from your device
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Sincerely,
Brett L 

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