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