Importing 4:3 clips into widescreen project

I've set up a widescreen project (PAL DV Anamorphic) and have imported some 16:9 clips which look fine. I also want to put some 4:3 clips into the same project but these are always stretched to widescreen. How can I avoid this?
I've done this in FCP without a problem. Am I missing something obvious?
Any help much appreciated.

Hi,
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.
-Rob
UK

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