In een aantal sketches wordt de draak gestoken met verschillende periodes uit de geschiedenis van de mensheid, zoals de tijd van de holbewoners, de Romeinse tijd en de Franse Revolutie.
Nee, helaas is History of the World: Part I nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Jane Feinberg | Casting |
| Art | Harold Michelson | Production Design |
| Editing | John C. Howard | Editor |
| Directing | Mel Brooks | Director |
| Camera | Woody Omens | Director of Photography |
| Production | Stuart Cornfeld | Producer |
| Production | Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Sound | John Morris | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Mel Brooks | Screenplay |
| Production | Joel Chernoff | Producer |
| Production | Mel Brooks | Producer |
| Production | Alan Johnson | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Norin | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gustaf Norin | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Brian W. Cook | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Steve Cantamessa | Sound |
| Crew | Gary Combs | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Philip Romano | Stunts |
| Crew | Ted White | Stunts |
| Production | Alexander De Grunwald | Production Manager |
| Directing | Jerry Ziesmer | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Robert R. Rutledge | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Crew | Ray Bickel | Stunts |
| Sound | Raul A. Bruce | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jill Carpenter | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Michael Stevenson | Assistant Director |
| Crew | James M. Halty | Stunts |
| Sound | Gary A. Hecker | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Samuel C. Crutcher | Sound Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Albert Whitlock | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Dick Durock | Stunts |
| Sound | Scott A. Hecker | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia Norris | Costume Design |
| Sound | Sandy Berman | Sound Designer |
| Visual Effects | Bill Hedge | Visual Effects |
| Crew | George Lane Cooper | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paula Gillespie | Hairdresser |
| Directing | Mitchell Bock | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Antony Mondello | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eric Allwright | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Phil Cory | Special Effects |
| Sound | Michael Sale | Sound Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Edward Chiodo | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Phil Adams | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Mitchell | Hairdresser |
| Production | Ralph S. Singleton | Production Manager |
| Directing | Ken Tuohy | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Gilbert B. Combs | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Tyree | Stunts |
| Editing | Carol Ann DiGiuseppe | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Danford B. Greene | Additional Editor |
| Editing | George A. Martin | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Norman Newberry | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vivian McAteer | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Gene S. Cantamessa | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tex Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Richard L. Hill | Special Effects |
| Crew | William Hobbs | Stunt Coordinator |
| Editing | Stephen Lovejoy | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Les Fresholtz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Arthur Piantadosi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Desiree Ayres | Stunts |
| Crew | Gary Combs | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | Charles Chiodo | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Stephen Chiodo | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Sandi Gross | Stunts |
| Crew | William Hobbs | Stunts |
