.swf won't play - blank screen

Hello,
I had my flash designer take a 16MB .mpg file and convert it
to a 2MB .swf
file.
I created a "blank" .hmtl page and dropped in the .swf -
which shows up as
the white box on this page:
http://emerge-solutions.com/pland
(this link will forward you to the page.)
After I got a blank screen, I uploaded the .flv (2MB) and the
.fla (14MB)
files to the server as well (same folder as the .html file)
but that didn't
help - same blank screen.
Can anyone help me understand why this .swf won't play?
Thank you in advance!

It plays fine for me.
Tested in Chrome, IE7, and FF3

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