# duplicateMovieClip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip/108609
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 27, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip/108609 "2004-04-27T01:45:29Z")
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### Author: ![jmumm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/22d042/32.png) [@jmumm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jmumm)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duplicatemovieclip/108609/1 "2004-04-27T01:45:29Z")

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I can’t figure out how to do this…  
I want to duplicate container\_mc and then place largePicture\_mc on the root timeline. Is this possible?

```auto

newfile_mc.onRelease = function() {			
  this.picture_mc.container_mc.duplicateMovieClip("largePicture_mc", 12345);
};

```