Hard Oil!

1980 | 29 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

Hard Oil!
  • 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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