

The Back-breaking Leaf
The Back-breaking Leaf
★ 9.5/10•1959•29m•Documentary
Here is a graphic picture of the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario. At the end of July, transient field workers move in for a brief bonanza when the plant is ripe. The tobacco harvesters call it "the back-breaking leaf."
Terence Macartney-Filgate · Director
StatusReleased
Runtime29m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 2, 1959
StatusReleased
Runtime29m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 2, 1959
ONF | NFB



































