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The Back-breaking Leaf - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB526397
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor, Tom Daly
Directors: Terence Macartney-Filgate
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Agriculture, Canadian History, Civics, Diversity, Documentary, Geography, History, Social Issues, Social Studies, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1959
Running Time: 29:30
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The Back-breaking Leaf - DVD 
Catalogue Number: NFB526397
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor, Tom Daly
Directors: Terence Macartney-Filgate
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Agriculture, Canadian History, Civics, Diversity, Documentary, Geography, History, Social Issues, Social Studies, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1959
Running Time: 29:30
Click here for pricing
Smokers say it's relaxing, but tobacco harvesters call it "the back-breaking leaf." Here is a graphic picture of the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario, presented from the points of view of the transient field workers who move in for a brief bonanza when the leaves are ripe, and of the farmers who depend solely on this crop. A 1959 black and white production.