Prevent loading of Flash video until clicked?

I have a very simple website where I have a couple of Flash
videos. I want the video players to just load one frame and then
wait for a user click before downloading and playing the video that
is clicked. At present the videos start downloading immediately on
entering the site, and this delays getting all the information on
the page from loading first.
Where might I find a tutorial that shows me how to do that? I
have Dreamweaver Studio 8.
Thanks,
TW
Subversive
Entertainment

The link below is a rough drawing of what I want to
accomplish.
Website
rough layout
Each video button is an image with a distinctive title across
it that when pressed/released causes the associated video to play
in the player. No video loads until it's clicked into the player,
so the site loads very quickly then waits. It would be nice if a
single image could load into the player window on site entry, to be
replaced with a clicked video.

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