The Back-breaking Leaf 1959

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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."

Release Date 1959-01-02
Runtime 29m
Directors Gilles Gascon, Terence Macartney-Filgate, Terence Macartney-Filgate
Producers Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor, Tom Daly
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