by default quicktime files keep alpha channels. you can check by inserting the file into a top layer in premiere with another file underneth it. go to the effects and tell it to recognise the alpha.
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And after calming me down with some orange slices and some fetal spooning,
E.T. revealed to me his singular purpose.
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