Dreamweaver CS4 How to play a movie clip by clicking an image

Hi
Can anyone recommend a DW Behaviour, Widget or simple piece of Javascript coding that would allow me to start (or start and stop) a movie clip by clicking an image.
I have a web page created in DW CS4 which has 4 FLV video clips and I would like visitors to be able to start their clip of choice by clicking a small still from each movie stacked at the right side of the page.
I've seen this done on many sites but don't know how complex it would be.
Any help / advice much appreciated.
Thanks
George

Hi Ned, thanks for the response;
1.Yes I named the instance.
2.I  don't beleive so. I started from the library creating a new symbol, added the graphics, added the key frames, then created the tween. Then I dragged the symbol onto the main stage and named the instance. So I don't think there is a movie clip inside an mc.
Here is the main timline:
Here is the mc timeline:
Here is what I'm trying to do:
stop();
blk1._visible = false;
blk2._visible = false;
blk3._visible = false;
ppk1._visible = false;
ppk2._visible = false;
ppk3._visible = false;
storeCartons = new Array();
storeCartons = [blk1, blk2, blk3, ppk1, ppk2, ppk3];
startButton.onRelease = function() {
    myNumber = Math.floor(Math.random()*storeCartons.length);
    trace("myNumber "+myNumber);
    activeCarton = storeCartons[myNumber];
    activeCarton._visible = true;
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