The Back-breaking Leaf

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
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Summary

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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  • Stanley Jackson

    as Commentary
Directing Gilles Gascon Assistant Director
Production Tom Daly Executive Producer
Sound Eldon Rathburn Music
Editing John Spotton Editor
Production Wolf Koenig Producer
Sound Vic Merrill Sound
Sound George Croll Sound
Production Roman Kroitor Producer
Directing Terence Macartney-Filgate Director
Sound Terence Macartney-Filgate Sound
Camera Terence Macartney-Filgate Director of Photography

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