# Newbie movieclip question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-movieclip-question/288292>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 13, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-movieclip-question/288292 "2009-05-13T19:09:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![shellsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@shellsy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shellsy)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-movieclip-question/288292/1 "2009-05-13T19:09:21Z")

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Hi! I’m making my first flash movie and I tried to insert a movieclip in the general timeline, it has about 23 frames, but when I test the movie, it only flashes for one frame and moves on to the rest of the timeline. Anyone know what might be causing this or how to fix it?