Hard Oil!

"How the Canadians Discovered Oil"

1980 Documentary • 29 min

The story of the early Canadian oil industry from its start in Petrolia and Oil Springs, Ontario, from about 1850 to 1900. Dramatic re-creations blend with archival photographs and diaries to tell the rags-to-riches-to-rags tale of a boom that went bust.

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Cast

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Allan McFee
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Max Ferguson
Self - Narrator (voice)

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