Looping a time lapse sequence

I have a time lapse of some traffic and was hoping anyone knew of a good way to make this loop.
This will be in the background.
Thanks for any ideas.
Craig

Import the time lapse sequence to the project, right click on the footage and select interpret footage, set the number of times you want the footage to loop, then drop it in the timeline and reset the out point.
You're going to get a jump when the loop starts. It will take a couple of layers and some real clever manipulation to hide the jump but if the shot was done right it's possible.

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