Clips gets distorted (aspect ratio gets changed) when I move them

I am trying to move some clip froms one iMovie project to another. I have copied a bunch of other clips and have had no problems but for some reason I am having a problem with a certain set of clips. When I copy these clips to the other project they are coming out stretched out, as if iMovie is tweaking the aspect ratio.
Any idea what is going on here? I couldn't find anything in Preferences to address this problem.
Thanks,
Chris

When you create a new project you get a window asking you what you want to to call it and where you want to save it.
At the bottom of that window is a small arrow pointing to the words Video Format. Click on that small arrow and you get a drop down menu offering you DV, DV Widescreen, and a few others incl. iSight.
You only get the opportunity to select the video format when you first create, and name, a new project.

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