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"Baggage of Fear" is a story of young friends who, in the seventies, in the realm of communist Poland deciding to break censorship. Three friends, Piotr, Janusz and Bogdan met during study at Catholic University of Lublin and quickly become friends. They have in common a critical view of reality and desire to change something by themselves. They get the idea, that the most effective way will be the "free word" - books and editions smuggled from abroad. After failed trials to copy books by photography, it becomes clear that they need a special equipment - the duplicator. It can be stolen or purchased abroad only. Only Piotr has a passport and permission to travel to France. Piotr travels to Paris to raise money and organize a smuggle. Working in a pizzeria he gathered money, bought the duplicator and in spring of 1976 moved it to London.