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Watch The Back-breaking Leaf (1959) Online

  • 10/10
  • RUNTIME: 0h 29m
  • COUNTRIES: Canada
  • Subtitles: English

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."