The Back-breaking Leaf

Synopsis

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."

Director

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Music

Eldon Rathburn

Studio

ONF | NFB

Released

2 January 1959

Genres

Documentary