Importing 4:3 clip into widescreen movie

I am putting together a movie that contains pictures and videos. I have two sources of video - one is widescreen 16:9 and the other is 4:3. How do I import a 4:3 clip into a widescreen movie?
I don't mind if the movie ends up 4:3. Would it be better/easier to import a clip from a 16:9 format into a 4:3 movie?

When you Import that 4:3 footage into the 16:9 Project, do you have any problems?
If the files Import fine, into the 16:9 Project, you have two choices: leave the black bars, or Scale the footage up, effectively cropping off some of the top & bottom, or, with Motion>Position, one of those.
Good luck,
Hunt

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Open up the clip in QT and select- show movie properties, highlight the video track and deselect 'preserve aspect ratio'. Save. Clip should appear as correct aspect ratio. Don't ask me what is going on here, it all seems back to front for me. Your comment on FCP made me think that something similar could be in effect here. I guess it's a file tag thing.
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