Time-lapse Still Images

After two hours of reading on the web, I was unable to find any help for my problem. Perhaps someone out there has some knowledge to share.
I have several years worth of still images. The images were taken in 15 minute intervals. I need to display the images as a time-lapse movie with controls to step through each frame (still) or animate to time-lapse forward or in reverse. I would like to dynamically select the images corresponding to any date from a calendar component. A cover flow would be nice if it could somehow display the respective date with the image.
However the best method is for doing this, the result needs to function within a Flex application. I am just a beginner Flex developer so I need at least to know if this is feasible. All opinions are welcome.
Thanks!

Bobclarkfiber
Please read my blog post very details how to for Time Lapse video and Premiere Elements.
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2013/07/pe-time-lapse-video-basics.html
and my less preferred way
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2013/08/pe-numbered-stills-in-time-lapse-and.html
Please review and consider. If you have questions or need clarification on any of the above, please do not
hesitate to ask.
Thank you.
ATR

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