The Back-breaking Leaf

9.5· 1959· Movie· 29 min· 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."

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Cast

Stanley Jackson

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