Hard Oil!

How the Canadians Discovered Oil

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Hard Oil! — Plot

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
  • January 1, 1980
  • Runtime
  • 29 min
  • Genres
  • Documentary
  • Director
  • Nicholas Kendall

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Hard Oil! — Cast

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

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