The Back-breaking Leaf

The Back-breaking Leaf (1959)

Released Documentary · 29 min

 

The Back-breaking Leaf (1959)

Released Documentary · 29 min

 

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."
ONF | NFB,

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."
ONF | NFB,
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RUNTIME
N/A minRELEASED
Jan 2, 1959COUNTRY
US, CALANGUAGE
ENSPOKEN
EnglishBUDGET
N/AREVENUE
N/A

Cast & Crew

Stanley Jackson

Directing

Commentary

Vic Merrill

Sound

Sound

Gilles Gascon

Camera

Assistant Director

John Spotton

Camera

Editor

George Croll

Sound

Sound

Roman Kroitor

Production

Producer

Tom Daly

Production

Executive Producer

Wolf Koenig

Production

Producer

Eldon Rathburn

Sound

Music

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Directing

Director

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Directing

Sound

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Directing

Director of Photography

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