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Archive footage features rare and innovative Soviet vehicles carrying passengers in the skies, on land and across water.
The world's largest aircraft of the 1930s, the Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky eight engine plane, can be seen. Built in 1933-34, it is shown both inside and out.
Footage also shows the Antonov An-22 'Antei' heavy military transport aircraft from the 1960s. It was powered by four turboprop engines and remains the world's largest aircraft of its kind. The An-22 can be seen landing, with several passenger buses being unloaded from its hold.
Various boats designed with the use of hydrofoil technology - lifting the craft out of the water - and hovercraft can be seen carrying passengers, as well as a number of snowmobiles.
The footage also features an amphibious bicycle designed by a physical education instructor from Moscow. Its rider can be seen cycling on land, attaching its buoyancy devices and riding off into a body of water.
This archive footage is released as part of the '100 Key Events in Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries', a project with the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (rgakfd.ru).
Transforming travel: Watch rare footage of innovative Soviet planes, boats, snowmobiles and bikes *ARCHIVE*
Archive footage features rare and innovative Soviet vehicles carrying passengers in the skies, on land and across water.
The world's largest aircraft of the 1930s, the Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky eight engine plane, can be seen. Built in 1933-34, it is shown both inside and out.
Footage also shows the Antonov An-22 'Antei' heavy military transport aircraft from the 1960s. It was powered by four turboprop engines and remains the world's largest aircraft of its kind. The An-22 can be seen landing, with several passenger buses being unloaded from its hold.
Various boats designed with the use of hydrofoil technology - lifting the craft out of the water - and hovercraft can be seen carrying passengers, as well as a number of snowmobiles.
The footage also features an amphibious bicycle designed by a physical education instructor from Moscow. Its rider can be seen cycling on land, attaching its buoyancy devices and riding off into a body of water.
This archive footage is released as part of the '100 Key Events in Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries', a project with the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (rgakfd.ru).
For news purposes only. Onscreen RGAKFD logo must remain visible and intact. No access news agencies; Music at source may be subject to copyright
Archive footage features rare and innovative Soviet vehicles carrying passengers in the skies, on land and across water.
The world's largest aircraft of the 1930s, the Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky eight engine plane, can be seen. Built in 1933-34, it is shown both inside and out.
Footage also shows the Antonov An-22 'Antei' heavy military transport aircraft from the 1960s. It was powered by four turboprop engines and remains the world's largest aircraft of its kind. The An-22 can be seen landing, with several passenger buses being unloaded from its hold.
Various boats designed with the use of hydrofoil technology - lifting the craft out of the water - and hovercraft can be seen carrying passengers, as well as a number of snowmobiles.
The footage also features an amphibious bicycle designed by a physical education instructor from Moscow. Its rider can be seen cycling on land, attaching its buoyancy devices and riding off into a body of water.
This archive footage is released as part of the '100 Key Events in Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries', a project with the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (rgakfd.ru).