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.
Production
ONF | NFB
Cast & Characters
Allan McFee
Self - Narrator (voice)
Max Ferguson
Self - Narrator (voice)
Directors & Crew
Nicholas Kendall
Director
David Springbett
Producer
John Bemrose
Writer
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