“It was such a large moment in history that nobody knows about, and I just love that”

Says Filmmaker Quincy Perkins. Perkins has just made a 16-minute long movie detailing one of those odd moments in history.

On August 14th, 1945, Thomas E. Jones was a 16-year old messenger in Washington, D.C. He was given a message to deliver to the White House. On his way to deliver it, he stopped for pancakes, flirted with waitresses, hung out with a few friends and was stopped by a policeman for making an illegal U-turn. Eventually, he made it to the White House and delivered his message.

The Message announced that Japan had surrendered.

Such a small thing, isn’t it?