# Loading Movies

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movies/71405>\
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**Created:** [November 24, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movies/71405 "2004-11-24T15:45:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-movies/71405/1 "2004-11-24T15:45:54Z")

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OK, I have a main base movie and I want to load in an external SWF that contains the navigation (navigation.swf).  
So I place an empty movieclip called “placehold\_nav” on the stage and on the first frame (the only frame) of the timeline, I add the following AS:

```auto
_root.placehold_nav.loadMovie("navigation.swf");

```

When I test the movie, the navigiation.swf file is loaded in OK but my rollovers don’t work at all. Can anybody tell me what I’m doing wrong?

Thanks,  
Dave