Load swf once in all scene (AS2)

hello ,
i have flash with 3 scene .
i load a external swf in movie clip in scene 1 .
but when i go to next scene external swf load again .
i don't want it load again , it's load in scene 1 .
please HELP .

i'm sorry we have a miss undrestanding .
i don't want to remove the movie clip , but i don't want it to load again , you know , you have to load external swf ( size 300 KB ) in scene 1 , and wait to load , and when you go to next scene it's load again and you must wait again , i mean what's the way that it load only once for all scene ?

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