*/
 
 var FilmSlider;
+var s;
 
 (function(){
 
 
 FilmSlider = function(filmBar, slider, ctxInfos, image, toolbar, breadcrumbs) {
        var thisSlider = this;
+       s = this;
        this.filmBar = filmBar;
        this.filmBarWidth = getObjectWidth(this.filmBar);
        var film = filmBar.firstChild;
        addListener(this.toolbar, 'click', function(evt){thisSlider.toolbarClickHandler(evt);});
        addListener(window, 'load', function(evt){thisSlider.fitToScreen(evt);});
        addListener(window, 'load', function(evt){thisSlider._checkSizeAfterLoad(evt);});
+       addListener(window, 'load', function(evt){thisSlider.startThumbnailsLoadQueue(evt);});
        
        // dd listeners
        addListener(this.slider, 'mousedown', this.ddHandlers.down);
        }
 };
 
+FilmSlider.prototype.startThumbnailsLoadQueue = function(evt) {
+       var thumbnails = this.film.getElementsByTagName('img');
+       this.thumbnailsLoadingOrder = [];
+       var leftSize = this.center;
+       var rightSize = thumbnails.length - this.center - 1;
+       var i;
+       for (i=1 ; i<=Math.min(leftSize, rightSize) ; i++) {
+               this.thumbnailsLoadingOrder.push(thumbnails[this.center + i]);
+               this.thumbnailsLoadingOrder.push(thumbnails[this.center - i]);
+       }
+       if (leftSize > rightSize) {
+               for (i = this.center - rightSize - 1 ; i >= 0 ; i--) {
+                       console.log(i);
+                       this.thumbnailsLoadingOrder.push(thumbnails[i]);
+               }
+       }
+       else if (leftSize < rightSize) {
+               for (i = this.center + leftSize ; i < thumbnails.length ; i++) {
+                       this.thumbnailsLoadingOrder.push(thumbnails[i]);
+               }
+       }
+       var next = this.thumbnailsLoadingOrder.shift();
+       var self = this;
+       addListener(next, 'load', function(evt){self._loadNextThumb(evt);});
+       next.src = next.parentNode.href + '/getThumbnail';
+};
+
+FilmSlider.prototype._loadNextThumb = function(evt) {
+       var next = this.thumbnailsLoadingOrder.shift();
+       if (!next) {return;}
+       var self = this;
+       addListener(next, 'load', function(evt){self._loadNextThumb(evt);});
+       next.src = next.parentNode.href + '/getThumbnail';
+};
+
+
 FilmSlider.prototype.startSlideShow = function() {
        this.slideShowSlide = this.pendingSlideShowSlide = this.selectedSlide;
        return this.slideShowSlide.href;
 
     <div metal:define-macro="film_bar" tal:omit-tag="">
       <div id="film_bar">
         <table cellspacing="0">
-          <tr tal:define="slide_size python:portal_object.thumb_size/2 + 10">
+          <tr tal:define="slide_size python:portal_object.thumb_size/2 + 10;
+                          blank_img string:$portal_url/transparent.gif">
             <td tal:repeat="info contextInfos/infos">
               <a tal:attributes="href info/href;
                                  class info/className;
                                  portfolio:position info/index">
                 <img tal:define="size info/thumbSize;
                                  margin_top python:(slide_size - size['height']) / 2"
-                     tal:attributes="src info/src;
+                     tal:attributes="src python:info['src'] if info['displayed'] else blank_img;
                                      alt info/title;
                                      height size/height;
                                      width size/width;