Hard oil! How the Canadians discovered oil
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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. Voice and narration by Max Ferguson, Allan McFee.
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record
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