The Back-breaking Leaf

Release Date: 1959-01-02

Runtime: 29

Languages: English

Rating: 10

Votes: 1

Genres: Documentary

Director: Terence Macartney-Filgate

Description: 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...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."Read More

Production Companies:

ONF | NFB