The Back-breaking Leaf

The Back-breaking Leaf(1959)

01/02/1959 (US)Documentary0h 29m
10.0

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