Loading other swf's in the background while playing another

I am creating flash banner ads and have run into a size
issue. My final scene ends up being like 700k which is too big for
it's application. The file is made up of 2 scenes however and If I
could split these into two and have them load seperately it would
be ideal. The thing is the second scene needs to load while the
first one plays so that it still feels like one movie not two
chuncks. Is there and easy way to play one movie while preloading a
second?
Let me know.

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