John F. Kennedy Assassination.- Lee Harvey Oswald shot by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas city jail, 24 November 1963, a NBC-TV still from the only live television broadcast, vintage gelatin silver press print, image 7 x 8 1/2in, sheet 10 x 8 7/8in, sent by wire to the Daily Telegraph of London with its date stamp 'Published 25 Nov 1963' and various annotations verso, cropping marks recto, minor handling creases, unframed.

⁂ A dramatic, and lesser known, image of the moment President Kennedy's accused assassin was shot by Ruby, here with his back to the camera, published within 24 hours of the event. NBC was the only network to broadcast live coverage and thus became the first to carry a real-life murder nationally on live television. They quickly identified this frame as the most newsworthy and the present example was published the morning after the shooting. The Telegraph caption affixed to the verso reads: 'Oswald gasping as the bullet hits him.' Surviving vintage prints of the image are rare.