External swf troubles

Here's the skinny. I created a VERY simple site, main page,
one button, and a second page with samples. Each sample is an
external .swf with a fade in and fade out for nice transitions
between each sample.
If I go to the samples page and click on a number the
external .swf loads fine for each, but if I click 'home' then try
the same process there is a failure and no external .swf's will
load.
Once I leave the samples page I cant go back without it
failing.
Im sure its something simple, but does anybody have any
suggestions?
Here's my code for loading the external .swf for each sample:
stop();
one.onRollOver = over;
one.onRollOut = out;
one.onRelease = goone;
function over () {
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
function out () {
this.gotoAndPlay(7);
function goone () {
if (_root.currMovie == undefined) {
_root.currMovie = "sampleone";
container.loadMovie("sampleone.swf");
} else if (_root.currMovie != "sampleone") {
if (container._currentframe >= container.midframe) {
_root.currMovie = "sampleone";
container.play();
Thank you to anyone that can help!

My main page has one button on it. 'photo retouching' . When
clicked it takes you to a new frame that has 6 buttons on it, 1
through 6. there is a blank mc in the upper left corner that is
used as a container. when you click a button it loads the external
swf, when you click a new button the current sample fades out, and
a new one fades in. below there is a home button. if i click that I
go back to the main page with the 'photo retouching' button on it.
if i click that, regardless of what sample was the last to be
viewed, it takes me to the samples page with a blank mc used as a
container and 6 working buttons.
so the jump from frame to frame is fine, but Is the last
viewed sample supposed to stay loaded?
(the container is only located on the single frame of my
timeline that holds the samples page, does that matter at
all?)

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