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The Back-breaking Leaf

19590h 29m9.5/ 10 · TMDB · 2 votes
Documentary

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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Directed by Terence Macartney-Filgate

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Ansh Kapoor

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Stanley Jackson

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Released2 Jan 1959
Original languageEnglish
CountriesCanada
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