Film
Hard Oil!
1980 · 29m · Documentary
How the Canadians Discovered Oil
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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.
Cast
Crew
- Nicholas KendallDirector
- John BemroseWriter
- David SpringbettProducer
- Don HopkinsExecutive Producer
- John RobyOriginal Music Composer
- Patrick LeeEditor
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1980
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 29m
- Genres
- Documentary
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