How to save .swf video -

[Bob Goodwin]

On 23/05/11 13:59, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Mon, 23 May 2011 13:47:49 -0400
> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>
>>   Wget doesn't seem to work. The file it saves is much too small and
>>      VLC doesn't react to it at all?
> I just downloaded that file and looked at it with Firefox.  It showed me the
> initial screen with a play button but when I pressed play I got a blank screen.
>
> So you got the initial "loader", and I'm guessing that it's some sort of a
> multi-part video that looks for the rest of the file on the website after you
> press play.
>

    Well maybe I'm doing this wrong. Here's the original link. It's
    quite an interesting video [to me] something I have wondered about
    but leaves more questions of course.

        http://www.northernoil.com/drilling.php