The Back-breaking Leaf (1959)

ALL 01/02/1959 (en) Documentary 29 Min
  • Release
    01/02/1959
  • Production
    ONF | NFB
  • Rotten tomato
    100%
  • Original title
    The Back-breaking Leaf
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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."

  1. Story

  2. John Spotton

    Editor



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  1. Stanley Jackson

    Commentary

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Casts : 1 , Crews : 11

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The Back-breaking Leaf (1959) 29 Min

ALL 01/02/1959 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 01/02/1959
  • Production
    ONF | NFB
  • Original title The Back-breaking Leaf
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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."

  1. Terence Macartney-Filgate

    Director

  2. Story

  3. John Spotton

    Editor

  4. Roman Kroitor, Wolf Koenig

    Producer