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HTML

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JavaScript

$("span.trigger a").click(function() {
      the_id = $(this).attr('id');

    $("#toggle_container-"+the_id).slideToggle(500, function() {
      $("a"+the_id, $(this).html()).text($(this).is(':visible') ? 'Close video' : 'Watch video');
    });
});