

The Back-breaking Leaf
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."
Year 1959
Studio ONF | NFB
Director Terence Macartney-Filgate
Crew Gilles Gascon (Assistant Director), Tom Daly (Executive Producer), Eldon Rathburn (Music), John Spotton (Editor), Wolf Koenig (Producer), Vic Merrill (Sound)
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Language English