Aspect ratio has changed

Hi Guys,
I have two sequences that are a mixture of HD footage and pal DV (720) footage.
The sequences have always played back in the canvas in full screen, but for some reason have started appearing in a 4:3 aspect ratio. Even the HD stuff is in 4:3 but with a mask top and bottom of frame.
I'm not sure what has changed, but would appreciate any information as to how I can restore the original full screen ratio.
Thanking you,
Cheers,

1. Combine all the footage into a DV-PAL sequence (what you've done now, the 16:9 footage will be letterboxed to fit)
2. Combine all the footage into a 1440x1080i50 sequence (the 16:9 footage will fill the sequence, but the DV footage will be pillarboxed (vertical black bars on both sides to maintain aspect ratio).
Hi Skalicki,
Thanks very much for replying to my query. I am a little confused here, by "combine all the footage", do you mean start/open a new sequence and set it up as either a DV-PAL or a HD sequence and then re-edit the footage into the new sequence?
Thanks again,
Regards,

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