Why can't I see my iPhone 4 footage in iMovie? I hear audio, but no video.

Hello! This issue appeared in iMovie '09, and has persisted into '11. I have reinstalled the app, cleared caches, deleted old projects and all-around run out of ideas.
My iPhone 4 footage, and older Flip h.264-encoded footage, will not play in iMovie. I can see the thumbnails, but when I scrub or playback the footage (whether in the project or not) I see black, but hear the video.
Has anyone encountered this and successfully fixed this?

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