The Back-breaking Leaf

Name: The Back-breaking Leaf
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1959-01-02T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 29 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Stanley Jackson

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."