Seated in a half circle in front of member of "The Blue Lagoon" unit, natives of Tamasua prepare for a party in honour of Jean Simmons 19th birthday by preparing a native root drink "Kava", which is to the Fijians what tea is to the English. Here is seen the water being added to the crushed roots. Jeans was given this party during location shooting of "The Blue lagoon" in the Fiji Islands. "The Blue Lagoon" is an Individual picture in Technicolor, adapted from the novel of the same name by Hyde Vere Stacpoole. December 14, 1951. (Photo by J. Arthur Rank Organisation Ltd.).