About 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."
Movie details
- Release date
- 1959-01-02
- Runtime
- 29m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Rating
- 9.5/10 (2 votes)
- Language
- EN
- Country
- Canada
- Director
- Terence Macartney-Filgate
Cast
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