The Back-breaking Leaf

Documentary · 1959

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."

Starring

Stanley Jackson, Roman Kroitor, Eldon Rathburn, John Spotton, Wolf Koenig, Tom Daly

Director

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Producer

Wolf Koenig