1959 · 0h 29m · Documentary
Genres: 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."
Director: Terence Macartney-Filgate
Music by: Eldon Rathburn
Cinematography: Terence Macartney-Filgate
Editor: John Spotton