Small video blown up and masked

I have some low quality videos I am trying to upconvert in FCP. When I drop the small videos into my timeline, They fill the entire frame, and only show the upper left quarter of the video, even if I scale them down. Anyone know what's happening? I just want to be able to have my small videos at 100% of their size in the canvas so I can apply my plug in. Any ideas?

good, it left it at 100%. But I am stilled puzzled about the quarter crop (at least I would guess it's a quarter, maybe more. Any idea how this could be happening?
thanks.

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