720 x 480 preset for FCP?

What preset do I use to work on a movie captured at 720 x 480? When I import into FCP with DV NTSC preset, the aspect ratio is wrong. The movie appears squished into 4:3 format. The movie is for computer display, not TV. I captured the movie from a Google Earth tour, with Snapz Pro, using animation codec, with no audio.

Export works fine. I have a 720x480 movie. So it was just a display problem. No it was a pixel aspect-ratio problem. I must study how that affects my work. I've noticed this type of aspect ratio display problem with several movies on YouTube, for example. Another problem I've now noticed with the Snapz Pro movie is that it captured at 10 fps, which FCP multiplies to 28.78 fps. But that's another topic. Thanks everyone for your instant help!

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