IMovie 10: imported clips have different speed

I am using iMovie 10.0 on a Mac OS X 10.9 Pro Retina.
Something weird and unprecedented just happened: I imported 3 MTS files in the same movie, all of which are displayed correctly in the imported files window; but when I add 2 of them to the timeline to work on them, they happen to be played at a higher speed (it's music: the audio sounds one semitone higher than the original...). The other file, however, doesn't have the same problem.
Anybody knows what might be happening?
Thanks

OK.
Well, there are a couple routes you can go.  You can export a 1920 x 1080 file and scale the other sources up (which may not look all that great).  Or possibly the better option would be to export a 720 x 480 version and scale the HD sources down.
By the way, 624 x 352 is not normal for a ripped DVD.  I'd redo that to a standard size.

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