Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 16:9 Problem

I filmed a movie for school on a Sony handy cam widescreen 16:9 camera but when I try to capture it in Adobe Premeire Pro 1.5 it isn't in widescreen. Then once i have finished capturing and drag the video onto the timeline it still isn't in 16:9, it's the opposite to widescreen with the black bars down the sides of the video instead of directly below and on top of it. Could anyone tell me what the problem is.