Empire Earth III is the third in the series of Empire Earth RTS games developed by Mad Doc Software (now Rockstar New England) and published by Sierra Entertainment. It is by far the least liked in the series by fans with (devastatingly) low review scores across the board.
The HUD doesn't look stretched to me. Is there a part of the HUD I'm overlooking?
==Cut-scenes==
The "world domination" FMV has black bars in 4:3, and the black bars shrink in widescreen while the video gets bigger but retains its dimensions. We call this "anamorphic" because that's what anamorphic widescreen DVDs do.
Also, does the game have any in-engine cut-scenes?