The Back-breaking Leaf (1959)

  • NR
  • 01/02/1959 (CA)
  • Documentary
  • 29m

Overview

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

Cast

Stanley Jackson's headshot

Stanley Jackson

Commentary

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