Instead of crop I’d suggest using a pair of black slugs to mask off the upper and lower portion of the frame.
If the footage is interlaced, and Color has problem with interlaced footage, I’d say Color didn’t interpret the interlacing constantly so the crop ‘jumps’ between scan lines.
-Andrew
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