How do I get Quicktime to play a short video clip emailed to me?

My daughter emailed me a video clip of our grandson and told me to use Quicktime to view it. I went to Apple Downloads and got the older version of Quicktime required by my Tiger OS. My daughter also has Mac OS 10.4.11. I downloaded the video clip from my daughter's email but it shows up in ITunes and will not play. I even tried opening my Quicktime version before opening the video file, but no go.

It may be that the video is in Microsoft Media Player format:
http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm
Plays WMP files via QuickTime Player.

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