Analog video converted to digital is playing with tops of people's heads cut off?

I am successfully converting analog to digital and capturing it in my project.  However, when I play it, the tops of people's heads are chopped off and that is not how it was recorded?  Can I fix this?

This thread might be helpful:
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Your footage is probably 4:3 and iMoive is blowing it up to fit 16:9.
Matt
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