Importing files

Hi all,
I have some 40 year old film that I want to have digitized so I can edit it in FCP X. My choices are as follows...
1. Uncompressed standard definition video  (720x486), interlaced, 4:2:2 color, and recorded on NTFS USB 2.0 hard drives in .avi format. This can either be 8 bit or 10 bit. My concern is the .avi which, apparently, FCP X won't import even though the FCP X help document says it will import/support Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2 and Uncompressed 8-bit 4:2:2. Has anyone had any experience with this?
2. My second option is a 1080p scan which outputs in the following formats (.mov files)...
High Definition Quicktime Motion JPEG-A      100 Mb/s   
High Definition Quicktime Component video    651 Mb/s   
High Definition Quicktime Animation               835 Mb/s     
High Definition Quicktime Raw                        976 Mb/s
Again, does anyone have any experience with these formats and/or recommendations?
Thanks in advance,
Copperbankbz  

Where are these choices coming from, the dub house?  Is there any other dub house you can go to that is used to dubbing to more than a few formats?
In all these cases, you going to be better off converting to a secondary format although FCP X can read Motion JPEG-A and Animation.  Animation is a lossless codec not meant for video playback usually only used to imbed alpha information or to pass graphics.  Motion JPEG is often used with stock footage so that's what I'd go with if left only those choices.
Compressor can convert .avi files into DVNTSC .mov, but that's still only standard def, and if you're digitizing a film, I would want the highest quality I can manage.
Andy

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