# Loading a movie within a movie that has been loaded

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-movie-within-a-movie-that-has-been-loaded/261465>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 27, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-movie-within-a-movie-that-has-been-loaded/261465 "2008-05-27T22:00:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![weblex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@weblex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/weblex)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-a-movie-within-a-movie-that-has-been-loaded/261465/1 "2008-05-27T22:00:41Z")

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okay heres the scenario,

i have a main movie which i call “mainstage”. Within the main movie i load an external movie called “pictures.swf”. Within pictures i have a scroll that is within a movie… how do i load another external swf file within the root of “pictures.swf”. I am currently using “mainstage” as \_root to load other swf’s.