# Loading external SWF in a movie clip?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-in-a-movie-clip/194387>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 22, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-in-a-movie-clip/194387 "2006-07-22T20:20:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![jor133d](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/jor133d/32/315_2.png) [@jor133d](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jor133d)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-external-swf-in-a-movie-clip/194387/1 "2006-07-22T20:20:10Z")

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I am trying to loadmovie a external swf within a movieclip in the main flash document but nothing shows up, why is that?