Embedding Flash Files on a Blog

Greetings to everyone. I tried this query on the Flash forum,
and it doesn't look like anyone's biting over there, so I figured
I'd try it here: I'm looking to embed flash files (swf & flv)
on a Movable Type blog, but I can't seem to figure it out. I do
this all the time with Dreamweaver, but never tried until today to
embed Flash stuff into blog entries. I know I'm missing something
obvious here, but I don't know what.
I know this isn't related to Dreamweaver per se, but I think
it must have something to do with HTML code (or else a plug-in I
don't know about). I don't know - I'm just confused about how to do
it!
Any help would be greatly appreciated - thanks.

here is a forum that may help:
http://forums.sixapart.com/lofiversion/index.php/t15406.html

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