 Released in an era of patriotic films with overt propaganda themes, "Captains of the Clouds" received an enthusiastic public acceptance.Although it was a "Hollywood" production, the film premiered simultaneously on February 21, 1942 in New York, London, Ottawa, Cairo, Melbourne, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver, with RCAF pilots transporting film copies to all these cities.The public reaction can be partly attributed to the plot line that revolved around the unique Canadian wilderness and the bush pilot mystique.