- Overview
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.
- Release Date
01 January 1980
- DirectingNicholas Kendall
- Budget
$0.00
- Revenue
$0.00
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