The Back-breaking Leaf
29 mins
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."
Stanley Jackson
Commentary
Vic Merrill
Sound
Gilles Gascon
Assistant Director
John Spotton
Editor
George Croll
Sound
Tom Daly
Executive Producer
Eldon Rathburn
Music