# How can i simply reload a movie clip once it has been unloaded?

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**Created:** [May 20, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-simply-reload-a-movie-clip-once-it-has-been-unloaded/52175 "2004-05-20T19:37:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![meatbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@meatbag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/meatbag)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-can-i-simply-reload-a-movie-clip-once-it-has-been-unloaded/52175/1 "2004-05-20T19:37:20Z")

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i have 4 movie clips that overlap each other and i’m trying to hide 3 while one plays… so the button action i applied was:

on(release){  
unloadMovie(“walkright”);  
unloadMovie(“walkdown”);  
unloadMovie(“walkleft”);  
\_root.walkup.gotoAndPlay(1);  
}

so this would show the “walkup” movie clip and hide the other 3 MCs. it works fine, but then when another button is clicked to play “walkright”, the unloaded movie clip doesn’t want to come back. so how can i play one movie clip at a time while hiding the other 3? does this make any sense? thanks a LOT in advance.