Putting together mixed format into iMovie HD6, need help

I started a movie in the 4:3 ratio (is aspect the right word?) a while ago, and now am adding some interviews done by someone else, which were sent to me over the internet.  Nice pictures,about 11 short interviews, but 3 of them are done sideways.  Cameraman must've turned the camera sideways to take the movie.  Is there a way to fix this?
Also, some material I am trying to add to the movie, is done in 16:9 ratio, and I am getting the black bars across the top and bottom, and some are boxed in.  How can I make the all the same with out the letterbox thing.?  From here on, I will use 16:9, but there is too much in this movie to start over. I am not a professional, anything but, however, I make cute movies. :-)
The movies clips I downloaded are full size when I open the files, but have the black bars when inserted into the movie.
I am using a refurbished MacBook Pro , 10.7.5, with iMovie 6.  Thanks for any help.  Marjorie.
P.S. another problem -  the audio cracks up in certain places, and yet when I play it over, it may play fine.  I will be putting this into DVD format to burn to a disk.. Do you thing the audio will copy OK? Is there a way to correct this.
AlsoI am getting error messages from Apple, sometimes,  when I save my work. and it shuts down automatically, but does not seem to bother the content???.

Set your iPhoto preferences (Advanced/Importing) to download your photos (videos) into iPhoto. When you plug in your 3g, your video will down load into iPhoto. Then drag it from iPhoto to your desktop. From there you can drag it into iMovie.

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