An opening narration explaining that the film's purpose is to examine the "world strategy of food", in terms of its production, distribution and consumption. The film is then divided into three parts: "Food - As It Was", "Food - As It Is" and "Food - As It Might Be".
| Production | Yvonne Fletcher | Producer |
| Writing | Paul Rotha | Writer |
| Writing | Eric Knight | Writer |
| Production | Paul Rotha | Producer |
| Sound | William Alwyn | Music |
| Directing | Paul Rotha | Director |
| Writing | John Orr | Writer |
| Camera | Wolfgang Suschitzky | Director of Photography |
