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The Back-breaking Leaf
Movie
Documentary
The Back-breaking Leaf
9.5 (2 votes)
1959
29m
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."
Production
ONF | NFB
Languages
English
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