Unsquishing 16:9 video from 4:3...

I somehow managed to import 16:9 footage into a squished 4:3 format. When I put it into a wide-screen project, it stays picture box with black frame on sides. Is there a way to stretch the footage back to 16:9?

OK The good news is that this is easily fixed.
DV is a format that records the same whether it is 16:9 or 4:3. They both use 720x480 pixels (which is 3:2). The camera will be optimized for either 4:3 or 16:9, and it will set an anamorphic flag to indicate which it is. Then, on playback, the anamorphic flag tells the playback device to use square pixels to produce 4:3, or to use rectangular pixels to produce 16:9.
In your case, somehow this anamorphic flag may have been stripped off.
I recommend that you download a free utility called MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5.
Open MPEG Streamclip.
Now, in iMovie, go to your Event that contains the DV. Right-Click on any DV clip, and select "Reveal In Finder".
From this Finder window, drag a DV clip into MPEG Streamclip. In MPEG Streamclip, select FILE/EXPORT AS DV, and choose the correct aspect ratio. It will ask you to provide a file name and location. Create a folder on your desktop to collect these. Do Not change the filename. (It contains metadata from the camera.)
Now you should have a DV clip with the proper anamorphic flag.
Now repeat for the additional clips. MPEG Streamclip has a batch mode, so it is possible to do a bunch of similar clips at once.
Once you are done, import these into iMovie, using FILE/IMPORT Movie and navigate to the folder on your desktop.
Alternatively, you could drag the whole folder on your desktop to the Movies/iMovie Events folder on your internal drive, or to the iMovie Events folder at the top level of a properly formatted external drive, and then restart iMovie. iMovie will recognize the new Event folder and create thumbnails.
I think that's everything. I did that from memory, so ask questions if you find a step that is not clear.

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