The Back-breaking Leaf (1959)
- Genre: Documentary
- Release Date: 1959-01-02
- User Rating: 10/10 from 1 ratings
- Runtime: 0h 29min
- Language: English
- Production Company: ONF | NFB
- Production Country: Canada
- Director: Terence Macartney-Filgate
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."
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| Directing | Gilles Gascon | Assistant Director |
| Editing | John Spotton | Editor |
| Sound | Vic Merrill | Sound |
| Sound | George Croll | Sound |
| Sound | Eldon Rathburn | Music |
| Production | Wolf Koenig | Producer |
| Production | Roman Kroitor | Producer |
| Production | Tom Daly | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Terence Macartney-Filgate | Director |
| Sound | Terence Macartney-Filgate | Sound |
| Camera | Terence Macartney-Filgate | Director of Photography |
