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HTML

<div id="video-overlay"></div>
<video id="video" width="400" height="300" />
      <source id='mp4'
        src="http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.mp4"
        type='video/mp4'>
      <source id='webm'
        src="http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.webm"
        type='video/webm'>
      <source id='ogv'
        src="http://media.w3.org/2010/05/sintel/trailer.ogv"
        type='video/ogg'>
</video>

CSS

#video { border: 1px solid black; }
#video-overlay { position: absolute; width: 400px; height: 300px; z-index: 999;  }

JavaScript

$('#video-overlay').click(function(){
   document.getElementById('video').play();
});