Different video qualities

I started filming a video with a pretty low quality camera and finished filming with an HD camera.
My first set of footage has a frame width: 320 and frame height: 240
My second set of footage (AVCHD) has a frame width: 1440 and frame height: 1080
I am trying to use both sets of footage to make my video. However,after importing the low quality footage, it clearly isn't playing properly in comparison to the HD footage. I was thinking about how documentaries use super old footage and mix that up with new footage. I was wondering if anyone know how documentary makers do that? I am pretty new to the program, with minimal editing experience in general. I have some experience with final cut pro and imovie.
Thanks!

Or...
Right-click (Windows), or Control-click (Mac OS) an asset in a Timeline.
Select Scale To Frame Size.
Scale assets

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