4 Movie Clips, one timeline...

I don't work with Flash often enough to figure out problems. Should have farmed this job out (may have to, anyone want it?).
I have created four movie clips, that work individually. When I put them into the main timeline, they don't play. Here's what I have tried:
* Place background on stage
* Create one layer, put one clip in the first frame, plays perfectly
* Add second layer, put second clip in the first frame of new layer, all I see when I play the movie is the background on the stage, no clips play
* Deleted layer, added second keyframe to layer with first clip. Put second clip into second frame, same result, all I see upon playing is the stage
What I am trying to accomplish is to have these four movie clips (basically slides of info) play one after the other and then loop back and start over. What am I missing?
Thanx
marc

Thanks for the idea, but unfortunately it didn't work. I am getting:
**Error** Symbol 'OrgMed Clip', Layer 'Layer 7', Frame 65, Line 1: 1120: Access of undefined property _parent.
_parent.nextFrame();
Total ActionScript Errors: 1, Reported Errors: 1
when I try to run the file. The reference is to the second movie clip. All I am seeing in the preview is the stage.

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