Help with loading movies and layers

programming flash
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I have this:

 
myTime = new Date();
foo = myTime.getHours();
this.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 0);
container._x = 0;
container._y = 0;
if (foo == "0") {
   container.loadMovie("midnight.jpg");
   }

So that a jpg in the same directory is loaded every hour. I also have a countdown timer (separate movie clip) that I want to display over the jpg (so that it’s always visible). When I load the movie the countdown timer flashes (it loads faster as it’s part of the flash file) and then is covered up by the jpg.

How do I insert a layer so that the countdown timer is on top of the background?