Thick black border

I'm importing a .mov clip into FCP which was configured in QT at 25fps 720x540 3:4 PAL. For some reason the clip has a thick black border around all edges.
Does anyone know what causes this? And how I can get rid of it?
Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
David

Thanks for the response, Jim, but I created the file using a Ken Burns utility called Photo2Movie. It's definitely 720x540. And it's not been enlarged or reduced.
I can remember having the same problem with a clip sometime ago. Trouble is, I can't remember what caused it. Or how I solved it - old age taking its toll on the brain cells :o(
I've checked all the preference settings and can't see anything obvious.

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