Battle of Guadalcanal remembered in Solomons

Seventy-five years ago today, allied forces began a major offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific when they landed on the island of Guadalcanal.

As dawn broke on the 7th of August, 1942, thousands of US Marines - backed by forces from Australia and New Zealand - moved on to the Solomon Islands, beginning a long and bloody push back across the Pacific.

Jamie Tahana reports.