The Automatic Motorist (1911) | BFI National Archive

The Automatic Motorist (1911) | BFI National Archive. Subscribe: Explore Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder on the BFI Player: A bride, a motorcar, a robot chauffeur and a policeman - what could possibly go wrong? Fantasy and ’trick’ film pioneer W.R. Booth uses cut-out animation and models to create a truly out-of-this-world sci-fi adventure. The mad-cap plot sees a newlywed couple transported from a country lane to outer-space (via St Paul’s Cathedral)