De film vertelt de geschiedenis van de uitbreiding van de Verenigde Staten richting het westen, verteld vanuit het perspectief van één van de pioniersfamilies. Zebulon Prescott neemt in het begin van de 19e eeuw zijn familie mee uit New York. Zijn kinderen en kleinkinderen bereiken uiteindelijk na jaren van oorlog en andere ellende de Westkust.
Nee, helaas is How the West Was Won nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | John Ford | Director |
| Directing | Henry Hathaway | Director |
| Directing | George Marshall | Director |
| Production | Bernard Smith | Producer |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | William H. Daniels | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Milton Krasner | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Charles Lang | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Joseph LaShelle | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Harold F. Kress | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Hal Needham | Stunts |
| Crew | Ronnie Rondell Jr. | Stunts |
| Directing | Richard Thorpe | Special Guest Director |
| Writing | John Gay | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ron Talsky | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Truwe | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Tuttle | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lynn F. Reynolds | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jay Sebring | Hair Designer |
| Production | Abe Steinberg | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Hank Moonjean | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Richard Talmadge | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Matty Azzarone | Leadman |
| Art | Frank Wesselhoff | Painter |
| Art | Tyrus Wong | Art Department Assistant |
| Sound | Carl Brandon | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Harold Humbrock | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Van Allen James | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kendrick Kinney | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Lipow | Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Logan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Milo B. Lory | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Bob Overbeck | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Charles Schulthies | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Lester Swartz | Special Effects |
| Crew | Rick Arnold | Stunts |
| Crew | May Boss | Stunts |
| Crew | Polly Burson | Stunts |
| Crew | Al Carmichael | Stunts |
| Crew | Frank Cordell | Stunts |
| Crew | Everett Creach | Stunts |
| Crew | John Epper | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard Farnsworth | Stunts |
| Crew | Sol Gorss | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Graham | Stunts |
| Crew | Donna Hall | Stunts |
| Crew | Donna Hall | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Chuck Hayward | Stunts |
| Crew | Charles Horvath | Stunts |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunts |
| Crew | Roy Jenson | Stunts |
| Crew | Leroy Johnson | Stunts |
| Crew | Eddie Juaregui | Stunts |
| Crew | Cliff Lyons | Stunts |
| Crew | Ted Mapes | Stunts |
| Crew | Troy Melton | Stunts |
| Crew | Louise Montana | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Morgan | Stunts |
| Crew | Boyd 'Red' Morgan | Stunts |
| Crew | Harvey Parry | Stunts |
| Crew | Gil Perkins | Stunts |
| Crew | Carl Pitti | Stunts |
| Crew | Rusty Richards | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Roberson | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Chuck Roberson | Stunts |
| Crew | Danny Sands | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Shane | Stunts |
| Crew | Dean Smith | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard Talmadge | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Bob Terhune | Stunts |
| Crew | Ken Terrell | Stunts |
| Crew | Jerry Vance | Stunts |
| Crew | Autry Ward | Stunts |
| Crew | Troy Ward | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Williams | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack N. Young | Stunts |
| Crew | Joe Yrigoyen | Stunts |
| Camera | Harold E. Wellman | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Bill Johnson | Camera Operator |
| Camera | James V. King | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Owen Marsh | Camera Technician |
| Camera | Pete G. Papanickolas | Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Fuca | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Joseff | Other |
| Editing | Charles K. Hagedon | Editorial Consultant |
| Editing | Mike Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Dave Guard | Vocals |
| Sound | Robert Armbruster | Conductor |
| Sound | Robert Bain | Musician |
| Sound | Ken Darby | Vocals |
| Sound | Vince De Rosa | Musician |
| Sound | Robert Emmett Dolan | Conductor |
| Sound | Carl Fortina | Musician |
| Sound | Jack Hayes | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Tommy Morgan | Musician |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Conductor |
| Sound | Uan Rasey | Musician |
| Sound | Ethmer Roten | Musician |
| Sound | Paul Salamunovich | Vocals |
| Sound | Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Sally Stevens | Vocals |
| Sound | Louise Di Tullio | Musician |
| Directing | Michael Preece | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Abe Steinberg | Production Executive |
| Writing | Ken Darby | Lyricist |
| Writing | Sammy Cahn | Lyricist |
| Writing | Johnny Mercer | Lyricist |
| Art | George W. Davis | Art Direction |
| Art | William Ferrari | Art Direction |
| Art | Addison Hehr | Art Direction |
| Art | Henry Grace | Set Decoration |
| Art | Don Greenwood Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jack Mills | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Charles K. Hagedon | Color Assistant |
| Directing | George Marshall Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Directing | William McGarry | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Robert Saunders | Assistant Director |
| Directing | William Shanks | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Wingate Smith | Assistant Director |
| Production | Thomas Conroy | Production Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | A. Arnold Gillespie | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Robert R. Hoag | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Robert Emmett Dolan | Music Coordinator |
| Sound | Franklin Milton | Recording Supervision |
| Writing | James R. Webb | Writer |
