Widescreen footage look stretched in anamorphic

Received 'widescreen' footage, shot with the Panasonic HVX 200. FCP is (as usual) set to NTSC 48 KHz Anamorphic. However, the footage is stretched and shows the letterbox, both on my TV and in FCP. What went wrong? Do I now need to distort the clips? If yes, what are the attributes for this?
Thanks, much!
Alex

SD, 720x480, letter boxed
That's not widescreen, black bars (letterbox) is printed in your video.
You can use a Anamorphic sequence and scale up your movie to fit the screen, but be aware of the quality loss of upscaling.
Some links about formats:
Mulitple Aspect Ratios (from www.proapptips.com)
Understanding 16:9 in Final Cut Pro
Alberto

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http://i.imgur.com/fs6D7.jpg

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http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3345/bild1k.png
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No problems Harm
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