Multiple videos in flash

I'm very new to Flash. I'm going to have a motion graphics piece where a vid will play for a short time, filling the screen, then shrink to a small square thats in a grid of 6-9 small squares. Once it shrinks down, it stops at its current frame. So there will be 6-9 small squares of the last frame of 6-9 videos. Can this be accomplished in flash? These are not interactive videos; they will automatically play when the first appear. I think it would work better in after effects but we are using flash (god knows why).
Ive attached what the video grid will look like. Think like all the vids in the brady bunch intro.

that looks pretty straight-forward. with what part are you having trouble?

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---------------Code Begins-------------
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