The Back-breaking Leaf

The Back-breaking Leaf

29 mins | Documentary | Jan. 2, 1959

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."

The Back-breaking Leaf

29 mins | Documentary | Jan. 2, 1959

The Back-breaking Leaf
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."
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title The Back-breaking Leaf
Directors Gilles Gascon, Terence Macartney-Filgate
Writers

Cast

Stanley Jackson

as Commentary