Importing old project creates different formats in clips

I imported an iMovie 3 project to continue working with in iMovie 6. It turned out that approx 1/3 of the clips were in 16:9, the rest in 4:3. I´d rather have all clips in the same ratio. They were originally imported in 4:3, at the very same occasion, from the same shoot. So, what can be wrong? I can of course re-import, as the tapes aren´t erased, but I prefer not to.
Anyone?

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